There were skeptics!
There were cryptics!
There were even pictoscriptics!
Finally, derek beaulieu's highly-anticipated
Flatland 25-35 three-Ds itself into existence!
In this excerpt from his book-length, visual interpretation of Edwin Abbott Abbott's widely-adapted, 1884 sci-fi/romantic novella,
Flatland, derek beaulieu cartographs serrated letter patterns of the 2D page landscape. These carbonated images jig-jag in every direction, hinting at the hidden, dynamic processes of writing & the possibilities of undiscovered, readerly dimensions.
derek beaulieu is a pretty nice guy & the author of 3 books of poetry,
with wax (
Coach House, 2003),
frogments from the fragpool with
Gary Barwin (
Mercury, 2005), &
fractal economies (
Talon, 2006), while he co-edited the anthology,
shift & switch: new Canadian poetry, with
Jason Christie &
angela rawlings. His two latest projects are scheduled for catch & release this Fall (2007): a collection of chain visual poems (
kite tail press) & the completed
Flatland manuscript. Since 1997, he has worked as an editor at
filling Station,
dANDelion &
endnote magazines. The archive for his small press housepress (1997-2004), a publisher of radical fiction & poetry, is now housed at Simon Fraser University in the
Contemporary Literature Collection. His work has appeared internationally in journals, magazines & galleries. Sometimes, derek gets extra ornery when he's drunk.
Flatland 25-35No Longer AVAILABLE
ISBN 978-0-9783004-1-8
visual poetry/graphic novel, 13pp, 4.25 x 5.5, hand-stitched
price by gracious donation(something like four to eight bucks, or all the loose change weighing down your pockets right now)
Finally, derek beaulieu's highly-anticipated Flatland 25-35 three-Ds itself into existence!
