![]() ![]() A magus, a magician, his books are filled with wisdom, absurd humor, and dazzling ideas. Watch for this extraordinary collection of works by the great Stefan Themerson who, with his wife, the artist Franciszka, founded the legendary Gaberbocchus Press (London, 1948-1979). A poet, publisher, novelist, filmmaker, composer and philosopher, Stefan Themerson was a giant force in the avant-garde of the 20th century. Originally from South Louisiana, she lives in Memphis, Tennessee with her beloved cat, Lula. For the past decade, she has toured the nation performing spoken word with rock’n’roll accompaniment in venues both illustrious and disreputable, including the legendary Sun Studio. Her poems, prose, and visual art have been featured in The Thought Erotic, The New Urge Reader 4, SPREAD, Harbinger Asylum, Forbidden Futures, Best American Experimental Writing, and many others. Additionally, she is a Pushcart Prize nominee and recipient of artist grants from PEN America, Poets & Writers, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and Authors League Fund. She is also the author of several chapbooks, including a poetic comic book, a 7” vinyl EP of sound poems, and a book of poetry illustrated by various artists local to Memphis. She is the author of four full-length poetry collections-most recently, The Elvis Machine (CLASH Books, 2020) and Dear Ted (Really Serious Literature, forthcoming 2022). Kim Vodicka is the spokesbitch of a degeneration, “a softer-spoken, more genteel Lydia Lunch,” according to The Houston Press. Do all roads lead to ecstasy? Who knows, who cares, because getting there is half the fun. In A Dirty Story as You Like It, the reader chooses from multiple plots, navigates the course to a satisfying climax, or changes direction whenever the urge strikes. In this wickedly clever (and very funny) variation, Kim Vodicka follows in Queneau’s hallowed footsteps with a do-it-yourself text that’s guaranteed to satisfy all-comers. Oulipo’s interactive concept of “tree literature” was first implemented by Raymond Queneau in his short story “Un conte à votre façon” ( A Story as You Like It). We’re pleased to present the 14th title in our Pocket Erotica series - a must-have edition for fans of Oulipo and innovative literature. Accessible and highly enjoyable prose complements the flow of images.” Included are new iterations and genres in the continuum such as asemics, digital collage, neo-concrete and visual poetry as well as typographical innovations rooted in Lettrism. The editors interweave selections from what poet Ron Silliman calls the post-avant with the historic avant garde and esoteric visual-verbal examples from earlier centuries. TYPO is not another contribution to the wax museum of official culture. TYPO provides fresh insights and perspectives on these movements. The monuments of the 20th century avant garde such as DaDa, Surrealism, Lettrism and Oulipo are enjoying healthy interest in the digital age, inspiring the creation of new genres. “The first issue of TYPO … has arrived at an ideal moment in the evolution of avant garde and experimental art and writing. TYPO hits the top of the charts on Amazon RAVE REVIEW Visually fun to look at and filled with interesting historical factoids about printing. Typo: Journal of Lettrism, Surrealist Semantics, & Constrained Design is the first in a promised (irregular) series of anthologies devoted to oddities of typographic design history, extending from now to the 1400s, including mnemonic devices, “Forty-Five First Letters” (they’re real!), “Surrealist Sign Language,” asemic writing, and lots more from Doug Skinner, Norman Conquest, Raymond Queneau, Isadore Isou and other contributors. TYPO : Journal of Lettrism, Surrealist Semantics, & Constrained Design Wenaus Adolphe Willette Carla Wilson William Wordsworth. Rolfe Ded Rysel Doug Skinner Giovanni Antonio Tagliente Félix Vallotton Andrew C. Murphy Pata-No UN LTD Gaston de Pawlowski Derek Pell Harry Polkinhorn Tom Prime Jason E. ![]() Pierre Albert-Birot Guillaume Apollinaire Mark Axelrod-Sokolov Tom Barrett Allan Bealy Miggs Burroughs Jahan Cader Janina Ciezadlo Norman Conquest Farewell Debut R J Dent Karen Eliot Paul Éluard Paul Forristal Ryan Forsythe Jesse Glass Rick Henry Rhys Hughes Rory Hughes Alfred Jarry Richard Koman Márton Koppány Amy Kurman Peter F. Our second issue is packed with treats from around the world… T Y P O: Journal of Lettrism, Surrealist Semantics, & Constrained Design ![]()
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