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Glossomancy, an Interview with kevin mcpherson eckhoff
Detail from “Ornithomancy (divination through the flight or sounds of birds).”
Coach House Books, long the wacky younger sibling of Toronto’s poetry presses, has just released a notably weird little book. It’s called Rhapsodomancy, by West-coast poet kevin mcpherson eckhoff. Composed of drawings, concrete poems, and visual hybrids, the book is a challenge and a trip. Written in response to (and celebration of) two specific attempts to recreate language through the efficiency of visual expression, the book sets sail to strangenesses of all colours and forms.
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