{"product_id":"secondouroboros-richard-kostelanetz-9781630450755","title":"Secondouroboros","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the beginning of my work in visual poetry fifty years ago, I wanted to create from words alone images so strong that they would stick in viewers' heads long after their eyes turned away from my works. When I first heard the epithet Afterimage as an honorific among visual artists, I recognized it as analogous to the strongest lines in strictly verbal poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow that I've seen others claim the epithet Visual Poetry for words embedded in other kinds of images, I feel more reason to declare and extend my original ambition to make the most powerful afterimages available to me with words alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecondouroboros represents a sequel to an earlier collection Ouroboros with different visual forms also published by NYQ Books (2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany Shorter Ouroboros, all with less than seven letters, I've put into clear circular cylinders, thus making small Sculptures that must be held and spun in a viewer's hand to be \"read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Richard Kostelanetz, 14 May 2020 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Kostelanetz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1630450758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781630450755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e NYQ Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 8.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Richard Kostelanetz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48436884930815,"sku":"9781630450755","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9552f5d1-e77b-46de-8350-183c229133ae.jpg?v=1777158427","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/secondouroboros-richard-kostelanetz-9781630450755","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}