derek beaulieu's Flatland

61 Pages·2007·18.72 MB·Afrikaans

“Fie, fie, how franticly I square my talk!”
F l at l a n d
a romance oF many dimensions
dereK Bea UlieU
With an afterword by Marjorie Perloff
InformatIon as mater Ial
York, england
acknowledgments
Selections of Flatland have appeared, or are forthcoming, in
asemic (Australia), audiatur (Norway), dandelion, four Minutes
© 2007 derek beaulieu to Midnight, front, Matrix, NoD, offerta Speciale (Italy), Qwerty,
afterword © 2007 Marjorie Perloff rampike, spaltung (USa), Spell (USa) & W magazines; online
at little red leaves, other Clutter, nypoesi & a variety of blogs; in
Published by information as material,
York, England. small press editions from Griddle Grin (as Puddle leaflet #3), No
press, skin of me teeth press & outside Voices’ take home project; & in
Cover design (based on Carmina Alvarez-Gaffin’s cover of
the anthologies Graphic Poems (Tightrope Books, 2008) and other
the 1991 Princeton edition of flatland) and typography (also
based closely on the 1991 edition) by Jason Dewinetz. Clutter (Clutter, 2007).
Marjorie Perloff’s afterword previously appeared, in Norwegian, in
All rights reserved.
audiatur.
ISBn: 978-0-9553092-5-0
Thanks & appreciation to Paal Bjelke Andersen, Jonathan Ball,
Published in an edition of 250 copies, Madeleine Beaulieu & her ruler, Christian Bök, Marc Boutin,
of which 26 are signed and lettered by the author.
Natalee Caple, Jason Christie, Jason Dewinetz, Tara Drouillard,
Craig Dworkin, Laurel Eckhoff McPherson, Chris Ewart, the
editorial collective of filling Station, Jon Paul Fiorentino, Rob
Fitterman, ryan fitzpatrick, Kenneth Goldsmith, Mark Hopkins,
Bill Kennedy, the staff at The Kensington Pub, Stian Kristensen,
frances kruk, Jani Krulc, Sandy Lam, Jeremy Leipert, Donato
Mancini, Colin Martin, kevin mcpherson eckhoff & his pens, Travis
Murphy, Jordan Nail, Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, the staff at Pages Books
on Kensington, Katherine Parrish, Marjorie Perloff, Sina Queyras,
angela rawlings, Andrea Ryer, Ed Schmutz, Jordan Scott, William
Neil Scott, Jessica Smith, Bridget Schnell, Kiarra Spenst & her light-
table, the stoop, Heath Waller, Natalie Zina Walschots & Darren
Wershler-Henry.
Thanks also to Simon Morris, Nick Thurston & information as material.
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For Nan,
1915–2007.
contents
Part i: thiS WorlD
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Part ii: other WorlDS
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afterword, by Marjorie Perloff
105
this World
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