New Time

by Leslie Scalapino

Book Overview

Time spent in Japan, and everyday life in Berkeley and Oakland, come together as a kaleidoscope of words and consciousness in New Time. Leslie Scalapino pushes at the edges / spatial shape of language and experience in her new collection by writing that is itself events, which are to "punch a hole in reality."

Real events, occurring in real time, are transformed in the act of writing them as perceived rather than interpreted. Phrases repeat,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819563560
• ISBN13: 9780819563569
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"