Newspaper Blackout has been out a month, but Derik Badman is the first to spot not one, but two typos in the book. The first is on page 50 (the word “for” shows up twice), the second is on page 84 (the word “to” shows up twice).
Luckily, they’re easy to fix…
[…] I’ve been reading his erasure poems for a few years at his Flickr and his blog. He has an errata to fix. So if you get the book, get involved with your black marker yourself. Get addicted? […]
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Do you have a preference for which one to black out? Personally I like the shape generated by the second “to” on the second example, but on the other hand the continuity with the words to the edge of the page also makes for a nice bit of visual impact.
No preference whatsoever! Do what you feel :)
Do you have a preference for which one to black out? Personally I like the shape generated by the second “to” on the second example, but on the other hand the continuity with the words to the edge of the page also makes for a nice bit of visual impact.