John M. Bennett and Davi Det Hompson played together in the mail from 1979 to 1983, and the record of that correspondence is reproduced here in full facsimile form. Their collaborations, mostly... More > involving words, poems, stories, and visual poetry are truly unique: full of humor, mystery, conceptualism, and sudden unexpected turns at every corner. This unique edition was co-edited by Peter Huttinger and John M. Bennett and consists of material both never before available, and material originally published in scattered zines, here gathered together for the very first time.< Less
John M. Bennett and Davi Det Hompson played together in the mail from 1979 to 1983, and the record of that correspondence is reproduced here in full facsimile form. Their collaborations, mostly... More > involving words, poems, stories, and visual poetry are truly unique: full of humor, mystery, conceptualism, and sudden unexpected turns at every corner. This unique edition was co-edited by Peter Huttinger and John M. Bennett and consists of material both never before available, and material originally published in scattered zines, here gathered together for the very first time.< Less
John M. Bennett’s The Gnat’s Window shows the evolution of a new form combining the textual, the oral, the visual, and even the artifactual, as the pieces can be seen as windows, or... More > televisions, or computer screens. The poems can be read left-to-right as traditional texts, or up-and-down, or in-and-out, or in any number of other configurations, and thus have participatory and even performative dimensions within what at first glance seems to be a closed form. They are “dreams’ doubled crust” indeed: shaped and emotional, conceptual and somatic, sparklingly clear, and enigmatic.< Less
Experimental poetry by John M. Bennett. L ENTES (the title means "eyeglasses" in Mexican Spanish, as well as "L Beings") is a major compilation of Bennett's recent poetry in... More > several forms and modes, including the "L" poems, inside-out sonnets, "haiku", visual poetry (in color in the deluxe edition; black and white in the regular edition), and much more. All written in a wide variety of experimental and innovative styles and language forms, full of the author's signature intensity, double or triple entendres, playfulness, and linguistic inventiveness.< Less
Experimental poetry by John M. Bennett
(inexpensive b/w version of L ENTES).
L ENTES (the title means "eyeglasses" in Mexican Spanish, as well as "L Beings") is a major... More > compilation of Bennett's recent poetry in several forms and modes, including the "L" poems, inside-out sonnets, "haiku", visual poetry (in color in the deluxe edition; black and white in the regular edition), and much more. All written in a wide variety of experimental and innovative styles and language forms, full of the author's signature intensity, double or triple entendres, playfulness, and linguistic inventiveness. < Less
Experimental poetry by John M. Bennett. L ENTES (the title means "eyeglasses" in Mexican Spanish, as well as "L Beings") is a major compilation of Bennett's recent poetry in... More > several forms and modes, including the "L" poems, inside-out sonnets, "haiku", visual poetry (in color in the deluxe edition; black and white in the regular edition), and much more. All written in a wide variety of experimental and innovative styles and language forms, full of the author's signature intensity, double or triple entendres, playfulness, and linguistic inventiveness. < Less
John M. Bennett has studied the Spanish language for a while now and this is the first book-length presentation of his poetry in that language. Part of white sky books' reprint series. A free... More > download is available at http://chalkeditions.blogspot.com< Less
