Newspaper Blackout

From the New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like An Artist

"Some of the results are hilarious, some are profound and even unsettling, but they are never bland or boring." -- Ephermerist

Newspaper article + sharpie = Newspaper Blackout Poetry: Instead of starting with a blank page, poet Austin Kleon grabs a newspaper and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn't need. Fans of Not Quite What I Was Planning and Post Secret will love these unique and compelling poems culled from Austin's popular website.

Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 04/13/2010
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780061732973

About the Author
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Austin Kleon is the New York Times bestselling author of three illustrated books: Newspaper Blackout, Steal Like An Artist, and Show Your Work! His latest release is The Steal Like An Artist Journal: A Notebook For Creative Kleptomaniacs. His work has been translated into over twenty languages and featured on NPR's Morning Edition, PBS Newshour, and in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. New York Magazine called his work "brilliant," The Atlantic called him "positively one of the most interesting people on the Internet," and The New Yorker said his poems "resurrect the newspaper when everybody else is declaring it dead." He speaks about creativity in the digital age for organizations such as Pixar, Google, SXSW, TEDx, and The Economist. He grew up in the cornfields of Ohio, but now he lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and sons. Visit him online at www.austinkleon.com