Scratch Sides: Poetry, Documentation, and Image-Text Projects by Prevallet, Kristin (2002) Paperback

by Kristin Prevallet

The poems in Scratch Sides, which Prevallet refers to as her Image-Text Projects, address wide-ranging topics, from love and politics to chance encounters on the street. Prevallet has been contemplating these themes throughout her many years as a poet and co-editor of the literary magazine 'Apex of the M'. "Walking down the street, one inevitably encounters a wide range of passers-by. Eye contact usually results in an immediate lowering of the eyes, to assure the person with whom eye contact was made that the glance was absolutely accidental"— from "Passers-by." Accompanied by documentary style photographs as well as charts and graphs.

Paperback

First published December 1, 2002

Reviews

[Zack]

I've totally been digging Kristin's work lately. You should read this book at least five times. This is my favorite sentence in the book...

The #1 thing men, which struck her in the
heart, look for is hairstyle.

She's is wildly experimental but also clear. She will expand what you thought poetry can be.