Found this file on my hard drive: it’s a sped-up video of me flipping through the binder that contains every single blackout poem that went in the book.
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20×200 NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEM PRINTS: ON SALE NOW!
I am very happy to announce that my 20×200 Newspaper Blackout Poem prints are now on sale!
These two poems were hand-picked by Jen Bekman and Sara Distin. They dug deep into the archives to find them. (Read an e-mail from Sara introducing them.)
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“The Figure Skater” (2007) [ Buy now! ]
From my artist’s statement:
I made this poem during a vacation in South Carolina from an article about Paula Abdul’s reality show, Hey, Paula. Go figure.
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“How It Works” (2008) [ Buy now! ]
From my artist’s statement:
It’s rare that I find poetry in the business section, but this one came from an article about hedge fund investing. Like many of my poems, it’s about my wife.
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This is the first time (except for the book pre-order) I’ve had anything for sale online, so if you’ve ever enjoyed this site or my work, I hope you’ll order one or two.
Can’t afford the $20 right now? Do me a favor and blog or tweet ’em.
Thanks, y’all!
20×200 NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEM PRINTS!
After a summer of promising y’all prints, I’m really happy to announce that Jen Bekman and the folks at 20×200 are releasing two editions of newspaper blackout poem prints next week on Tuesday, September 29th!
If you’re not familiar with 20×200, here’s the formula:
(limited editions x low prices) + the internet = art for everyone
Blackout poems for everyone! Prints as cheap as $20. Recession friendly. I hope y’all will buy one or two.
I’ll post images of the poems on Tuesday, but until then, you can subscribe to their really great mailing list to get advance notice of when they become available.
More on Tuesday!
Newspaper Blackout
A bestselling book of poetry made by redacting newspaper articles with a permanent marker.
Get a signed copy.
Buy it now: Amazon • B&N • IndieBound • Bookpeople
About the book
Newspaper Blackout was released in 2010 and “helped fuel a movement” (Oprah Magazine) of blackout poetry across the internet. The companion site, NewspaperBlackout.com, was named “a must-see Tumblr blog” by Time magazine, and at the height of its popularity, published poems from all over the world to an audience of 140,000 readers.
How to make a blackout poem
You can read more about how I got started making the poems here.
Teachers and educators: here are galleries of blackout poems in the classroom on Twitter and on Tumblr.
Praise for the book:
2010 Poetry Foundation Best Seller
2010 Goodreads Choice Awards Best Poetry
American Library Association 2011 Alex Award Nominee
“Instead of starting with a blank page, poet Austin Kleon grabs the New York Times and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn’t need.”
—NPR’s Morning Edition
“[The poems] resurrect the newspaper when everyone else is declaring it dead.”
—The New Yorker
“Brilliant.”
—New York Magazine
“Redacted masterpieces.”
—Time Magazine
“A kind of Rorschach approach to reading newspapers.”
—The Wall Street Journal
“Turns out Richard Nixon wasn’t our nation’s most gifted redactor.”
—Time Out Chicago
“Funny, profound, and clever poems sculpted like statues from the marble of newspaper articles.”
—American Library Association
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VIDEO: WINNERS OF THE OKLAHOMAN NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POETRY CONTEST
Take a few minutes to watch this really fantastic video of the winners of the Oklahoman’s newspaper blackout poetry contest that I judged. They’re all fantastic, but when the winner, Rose Gorr, an 80-year-old grandmother of 33 (!) reads her poem it gives me chills! A round of applause to everybody: the poets, The Oklahoman, Tanner Herriott who shot the video, and especially Yvette Walker who co-ordinated the whole thing!
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