The awesome guys at Texas Country Reporter uploaded our show from last year to YouTube — it’s a really nice piece. Those guys are a class act. Thanks Dan, Mike, Ryan, and Bob!
Here’s a photo of Ryan and I working on the “blackout” shots:
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NEW SITE DEDICATED TO NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS
For a long time I’ve wanted to start a site dedicated solely to the making of Newspaper Blackout Poems, a place where people can go read how-to tips, ask me questions, and then try out their own and share the results.
It didn’t seem right to set up such a thing on my main site. I’m thrilled to have folks making blackout poems, but my site is for my work, and I want to keep it that way.
A man’s domain name is his domain, you know?
Enter the new site. It’s hosted on Tumblr, which not only means that it’s incredibly easy for me to make quick posts and for followers to reblog them, but it also has built-in functionality where people can ask questions and best of all, submit their own poems.
I’ll still be keeping all of my original poems right here, and I’ll still be posting new ones every week, so no need to re-subscribe or anything. But if you’re interested, give it a follow on Tumblr, or subscribe to the RSS feed.
I might post old poems from the archives on the new site. I’m not quite sure yet. Still making it up as I go along.
I’d love to hear what y’all think about it. Feel free to leave me a comment or suggest the types of posts you’d like to see over there.
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!
FREE NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS VALENTINE’S DAY CARD!
Valentine’s day is tomorrow: are you running low on time? Print out this PDF, fold it in half, fold it in half again (like we used to do in elementary school), and write an old-fashioned deep-fried love letter to your valentine!
DOWNLOAD THE FREE NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS VALENTINE CARD!
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BONUS ROUND: Why not take a photo of your loved one with their valentine and add it to the Newspaper Blackout Poems Flickr pool?
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