Wednesday, October 23, 2013

An interesting new book in the mix: The Gorgeous Nothings by Emily Dickinson .

The Gorgeous Nothings is at once a poetry book and an art book.  It collects full-color facsimile manuscripts of Emily Dickinson's envelope poems along with graphic transcriptions of the poems.  It is a stunning and long overdue volume (from New Directions).  And it has a Preface by Susan Howe!  Wow, wow, wow!  I hope this book gets looked at closely by poets, artists (and persons of every stripe) everywhere because it is amazing in an incredibly cross-genre kind of way.





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7 comments:

  1. MjBOctober 24, 2013 at 7:10 AM

    Tom, I am really looking forward to this book. You've seen it, I gather? Seems like it'll be great. Take care.

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  2. Tom BeckettOctober 24, 2013 at 8:09 AM

    I have it in front of me now. You'll love it.

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  3. MjBOctober 25, 2013 at 6:42 AM

    Thanks, Tom! I'm looking forward to seeing it.

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  4. Jim McCraryOctober 25, 2013 at 8:03 AM

    At 40 bucks I hope I can "see" it online. Just can't afford this kind of stuff anymore.

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  5. Tom BeckettOctober 25, 2013 at 8:58 AM

    Jim,
    Amazon has it for quite a bit less.

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  6. Radish KingOctober 29, 2013 at 3:04 PM

    Tom I am on the lookout for a good ED biography. Any ideas?
    xr

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  7. Tom BeckettOctober 30, 2013 at 9:47 AM

    Hi Rebecca,
    As far as bios go I liked MY WARS ARE LAID AWAY IN BOOKS by Alfred Habegger.
    But of course the greatest book about ED's work is Susan Howe's MY EMILY DICKINSON. I've read it 4 or so times and I believe I'm overdue to read it again.

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