Dream Closet Mediations on Childhood Space |
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Editor:
| Burgess, Matthew |
Contribution by:
| Asekoff, L. S. Bell, Brett B Lanchfield, Brian Booras, Robert Brolaski, Julian Talamantez Buchanan, Megan Cal L Ihan, Nicole Conway, Jeffery Colby, Todd Corbett, K. E. N. Cunningham, Michael Devaney, Thomas D I G Iacomo, Kris Dohrmann, Sarah Douglas, Margaret Howe, Marie Jaramillo, Luis Jibilian, Aram Jigarjian, Michi Kelly, Billy Koestenbaum, Wayne Lecesne, James Lederer, Niki Lum, Mary Maldonando, Sheila Miller, Nancy Molesky, David Sandager, Matthew Potter, Christopher Pratt, Libby Randolph, Sal Sigo, Cedar Skrabalak, Ryan Tomme, Amanda Phillips, Helen Olivares, Christina Trinidad, David Trujillo, Joaquin Zuzga, Jason Moore, Emily |
Cover Design by:
| Seibert, Liz Mignogna, Leigh |
ISBN: | 978-0-9883214-9-6 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
Publisher: | Secretary Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $28.99 |
Book Description:
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Poetry. Art. Literary Nonfiction. Editor Matthew Burgess, a poet, children's book author, and magical thinker, has brought together 50 prominent writers and visual artists to respond to the topic of childhood spaces. These small spaces may be sites of solitary reverie, of privacy, of escape, of aesthetic or erotic self-discovery, of queer self- identification, of reading, of making; with each contributor interpreting the topic in their own way. "The recurring...
More DescriptionPoetry. Art. Literary Nonfiction. Editor Matthew Burgess, a poet, children's book author, and magical thinker, has brought together 50 prominent writers and visual artists to respond to the topic of childhood spaces. These small spaces may be sites of solitary reverie, of privacy, of escape, of aesthetic or erotic self-discovery, of queer self- identification, of reading, of making; with each contributor interpreting the topic in their own way.
"The recurring figure of the child in the small space may suggest a lost union with the maternal body or some dim memory of the primordial cave; however, for the autobiographer recollecting the past, it is the place where the artist is born. Within the enclosure, the child discovers a capacity for daydreaming, storytelling or imaginative play, and it is the revelation of this creative agency that makes it a formative scene in the development of the artist." Matthew Burgess, from the Introduction
Contributors are: Ron Padgett, Brett Bell, Michael Cunningham, Melissa Febos, Cedar Sigo, Christine Hamm, Aram Jibilian, Emily Moore, Sheila Maldonado, Joanna Fuhrman, Christina Olivares, Jason Zuzga, Wayne Koestenbaum, Eileen Myles, Ian Hatcher, Ryan Skrabalak, Thomas Devaney, Mary Lum, Melanie Maria Goodreaux, Sarah Dohrmann, Amanda Tomme, Brian Blanchfield, Jennifer Firestone, Joaquin Trujillo, David Hopson, Robert Booras, Betsy Fagin, Lulu Sylbert, Kris Di Giacomo, Sal Randolph, Lara Mimosa Montes, David Trinidad, Matthew Sandager, Jeffery Conway, Margaret Douglas, Julian Talamantez-Brolaski, Ken Corbett, Todd Colby, Luis Jaramillo, Niki Lederer, Helen Phillips, David Molesky, Nancy K. Miller, Christopher Potter, Marie Howe, Michi Jigarjian, James Lecesne, Nicole Callihan, L.S. Asekoff, Peter G. Earle, Liz Fischer Greenhill, Megan Buchanan, Bill Kelly, and Libby Pratt.