The Absolute Letter

By Andrew Joron

"To Surrealism's associative leaps, juxtapositions, and kitsch paradoxes, Joron's savage detective lends his background in the philosophy of science, borrowing from non-linear systems theory, linguistic anthropology and speculative narrative for his poetics, which are at once lyrical and emphatic to the point of dissonance: 'Poetry is the self-organized criticality of the cry.' He leans heavily on sound--homophones, alliterations and paronomasias resonantly determine signs and linkages--raiding the stuff of light verse for his serious project. As in a haunted house of the twentieth century ('the people could not be distinguished from deserted buildings'; 'the city, the arc of an abandoned soliloquy'), blurs of consonance, assonance, and letter shapes can seem to do things all by themselves."--David Lau, New Left Review

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0998169501
• ISBN13: 9780998169507
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Flood Editions
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.4"