Can It!

By Edmund Berrigan

In the foreword to his book Can It , Edmund Berrigan explains that he's "been looking to make a book... that works as both a whole and as parts, that might be visited from any point like a memory, that doesn't rely on classification for definition... that tells a whole story by showing a fragmented record." A kind of Surrealist variety show--both outrageous and contemplative--that, at its core, houses a powerful engine of coincidence, Can It collects, recollects, experiments, and entertains. No matter the mode, the poetic line here runs true, and never misses a chance to speak back to its reader: "I'm not satisfied and neither are we. What of the filth of experimentation, the thrill of the rivet? What about satisfying the need to be imagination's lip?" Consider Can It a compilation of messages from the past. Or a poet's handbook. Or a dreamscape. All of the above would be correct, and of course, fall shy of the grandeur that comprises this labyrinth of a book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981522793
• ISBN13: 9780981522791
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Letter Machine Editions
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.