{"product_id":"calligraphy-typewriters-the-selected-poems-of-larry-eigner-paperback-softback-9780817358747","title":"Calligraphy Typewriters; The Selected Poems of Larry Eigner (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817358747","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCalligraphy Typewriters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Selected Poems of Larry Eigner\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLarry Eigner (Author), Curtis Faville (Edited by), Robert B. Grenier (Edited by), Charles Bernstein (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817358747\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 March 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages, 1 B\u0026amp;W figure\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 17.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Larry Eigner’s poetry is one of the splendors of postwar American culture. There is no more perfect introduction to Eigner’s sublime actualizations of the ‘sustaining air’ of the everyday than this selection, incisively edited by Robert Grenier and Curtis Faville.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Charles Bernstein, author of \u003ci\u003eRecalculating\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll the Whiskey in Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGirly Man\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e|\u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCalligraphy Typewriters\u003c\/i\u003e is a tremendously important collection. It is apt to become the single most purchased, read, and used volume of Eigner’s work.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Hank Lazer, author of \u003ci\u003eBrush Mind: At Hand\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOpposing Poetries: Volume One—Issues and Institutions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOpposing Poetries: Volume Two—Readings\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhat is a Poet?\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eLarry Eigner began writing poetry at age eight and was first published at age nine. Revered by poets and artists across a broad spectrum of generations and schools, Eigner’s remarkably moving poetry was created through enormous effort: because of severe physical disabilities, he produced his texts by typing with only one index finger and thumb on a 1940 Royal manual typewriter, creating a body of work that is unparalleled in its originality.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalligraphy Typewriters\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the most celebrated of Eigner’s several thousand poems, which are an important part of both the Black Mountain\/Projectivist movement of the 1950s and the Language movement of the 1970s and 1980s. In its two sections—\u003ci\u003eSwampscott\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBerkeley\u003c\/i\u003e, named for the two locales where Eigner lived and worked—the volume traces his fantastic perception of the ordinary and his zeal for language. Eigner’s use of visual space, metaphor, and description provide fascinating insights into both his own life and the world that surrounded him. This volume maintains the distinctive visual spacing of his original typewritten manuscripts, reminders of his method, disability, and aesthetic sensibility.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A collection that reimagines the ordinary, \u003ci\u003eCalligraphy Typewriters\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive gathering of Eigner’s work, and will serve well not only poets and students of poetry, but readers and writers of every vein.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523182817560,"sku":"9780817358747","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/calligraphy-typewriters-the-selected-poems-of-larry-eigner-paperback-softback-9780817358747","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}