Birds

by William Benton

Book Overview

As Ronald Johnson wrote, William Benton's witty and inventive Birds single-handedly resurrected the Concrete Poetry movement. First published in 1972 by the Graphic Arts Workshop of the Portland Museum Art School in Oregon, as a limited edition of 200 copies, this new edition includes an introduction by Benton as well as several new poems.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643620215
• ISBN13: 9781643620213
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Nightboat Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.6"

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"Bill Benton's quirky and comical birds are far more bird-like than most portraits rendered by heavier hands."--Peter Matthiessen "If Arisophanes' frogs had wings, this is the book they'd be."--James Salter.

Tweedy Birds

"Birds" is a playful and intriguing collection of the author's observations and take-offs on the names, habits, and environments of various birds. Each page is a visual pun, an arrangement of letters making a picture as inclusive as the proverbial thousand words. Birders, poets, artists, teachers, children, typesetters, take special note. This book is unique, and magical.