If Language

by Gregory Betts

Poetry. "Greg Betts is writing anagrams. Is his project zany? You bet it is"--Christian B k. Containing 56 paragraph-long perfect anagrams of an original seed-text, Gregory Betts's IF LANGUAGE takes a one-time parlor game to its evolutionary extreme. Each poem is exactly 525 letters. The book asks: what are the limits of individuality within a closed system? Betts explores this question with humor, intellect, and with a manic obsession capable of turning a simple game into this wildly original exploration. "If language is an economy, then Gregory Betts's IF LANGUAGE skips the boom and the bust and revels in the echo"--erek beaulieu.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0973718161
• ISBN13: 9780973718164
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Bookhug Press
• Length: 107 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.7"