Gentle Reader!

by Joshua Beckman, Anthony McCann, Matthew Rohrer

Gentle Reader! is a collaborative book of erasures of Romantic era texts by Joshua Beckman, Anthony McCann and Matthew Rohrer.

Genres: Poetry

68 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Joshua Beckman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the author of six books, including Take It (Wave Books, 2009), Shake and two collaborations with Matthew Rohrer: Nice Hat. Thanks. and Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty. He is an editor at Wave Books and has translated numerous works of poetry and prose, including Poker by Tomaz Salamun, which was a finalist for the PEN America Poetry in Translation Award. He is also the recipient of numerous other awards, including a NYFA fellowship and a Pushcart Prize. He lives in Seattle and New York.

For more information on this author, go to:
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Reviews

[André Habet · Rating 4 out of 5]

these three obviously enjoyed themselves in writing this, and I dug a lot of it. Didn't feel especially moved in any direction, but 'Fakes' is an awesome erasure of Frankenstein and I really appreciate the collaboration and anonymity behind who wrote what poem. Gonna check out some of their individual projects now, and interested to see how that goes.

[Greg Bem · Rating 4 out of 5]

My head responded in production through the subtle gentleness of erasure.