The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven

by Brian Teare

Book Overview

A timely reissue, the typographical experiments of The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven make visible the hidden experience of chronic pain and illness. During uninsured and ineffectual medicalization, Teare turns to the work of writer and abstract artist Agnes Martin, which offers both counsel and consolation when diagnosis fails. Harnessing the power of the grid intrinsic in the typeset page, the resulting poems balance language and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643621599
• ISBN13: 9781643621593
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Nightboat Books
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 9.4"