Tuesday, 12 July 2011

New book on critical-creative writing published

Forgive me the shameless self-publicising, but I have a new book out, as of last month. I say 'I' have a new book out, but really the book is by everyone - it's an omnibook, if you like. I co-edited it with John Schad, who is at the forefront of the critical-creative crossover or interface, and has produced numerous works of experimental criticism, including the excellent novelistic work, Someone Called Derrida - a book all about memories, whether misremembered, remembered by someone else, or remembered by a self you no longer inhabit. (Sounds complicated? Well, the book cannot easily be paraphrased, so I'll merely echo Ezra Pound's injunction to people concerning T. S. Eliot: READ HIM.)

Anyway, the book we have edited together is called Crrritic! - though that is not its full title, which would occupy two whole lines were I to repeat it here. The book contains lots of pieces, some short, some long, some poetry, some prose - but all poetic. It includes a 'manifesto' of sorts by myself, among other pieces. It's also available in paperback, so it's cheap, as academic books go. If you have an interest in writing that pushes boundaries, or that shakes up literary criticism and questions and explores the role or identity of the modern university, then you should find some substantial morsels of food for thought. There are also some fine poems, too.

Here is a link to the paperback edition of the book on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crrritic-Outbursts-Disasters-Resignation-Inventions/dp/1845193822

Enjoy.

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