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.
A YOUNG MAN IN FINANCE
SAVING UP FOR WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER
Making art is a lonely business. Hell, being alive is a lonely business.
I have been swimming in tweets and nice e-mails from people discovering my work via the 20×200 prints. It’s pretty wonderful. And disorienting. And a major high.
But it will taper off. And next week I will have a dark day when I want to quit, when I wonder why the heck I even bother with this stuff.
That’s why I attach a Gmail label to every nice e-mail I get. (Trollish e-mails get deleted.) When those dark days roll around and I need a boost, I just click on that label and read through a couple.
Then I get back to work.
Try it: instead of keeping a rejection file, keep a praise file. For when you need the lift.
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!
A SATURDAY MORNING (FROM THE FUTURE)
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