Books written by Richard Kostelanetz

A Dictionary of the Avant-gardes

... First American Fiim Avant—Garde, 191'9—1945, ed. Jan-Christopher Horak. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995; Jacobs, Lewis. The Rise of the American Film (1939). Expanded ed. New York: Teachers College, 1968; Wasserstrom, ...
Conversing with Cage

Alain Jouffroy and Robert Cordier ( 1974 ) What word would you use to characterize the artists in this show ( William Anastasi , Dove Bradshaw , John Cage , Tom Marioni , Robert Rauschenberg , Mark Tobey ) ? Well , the word I would use ...
AnOther E.E. Cummings

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Soho: The Rise and Fall of an Artists' Colony

The author shares his firsthand knowledge of Soho's rise to prominence and eventual decline as the center of Manhattan's art scene, recalling the confluence of economic and social factors that made the community come alive as a haven for ...
A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes

Avery's Bugs Bunny cartoons are widely available on videotape. He also nurtured the talents of CHUCKJONES, I. M. Freleng (1906–95; aka Friz F.), and other WARNER BROTHERS animators prior to his quitting them in 1940.
A Concise Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes

Avery's Bugs Bunny cartoons are widely available on videotape. He also nurtured the talents of CHUCK JONES, I. M. Freleng (1906–95; aka Friz F.), and other Warner Brothers animators prior to his quitting them in 1940.
In Memoriam John Ashbery

in Memoriam John Ashbery (2018) is a book-length tribute to the older American poet with Richard Kostelanetz's words about him written in a form reflecting and thus honoring his influence.
Lovings

Lovings is a large collection of single-sentence Richard Kostelanetz stories, each imaginatively designed typographically by Denzel Russell.
The Letter S / More Po-EMS

In yet another contribution to Richard Kostelanetz's burgeoning exploration of English-Centered writing, The Letter S is an extended visual essay about words beginning with the letter S that become different words when that opening letter S ...
Loveliest / Ugliest English

From Richard Kostelanetz's monumental multi-volumed English-Centered Writing, Loveliest/ Ugliest English (2013) presents continuously on opposing pages with consistently different typefaces English words with those contrasting qualities.
Alternative Publishing/ Small Press Classics

The second complimentary book has Kostelanetz's brief recommendations of particularly strong books, mostly American and in English, appearing from smaller presses.
More on Innovative Performances: Cock Fights

More on Innovative Performances: Cock Fights
More on Innovative Music(ian)S

In addition to publishing books of poetry and fiction, Richard Kostelanetz has written about all the arts.
English, Incredible English Addendum IV/IV

Interested now in producing only texts significant enough to survive me I wanted to write a long poem devoid of personal expression, though not my discriminatory taste--a really long poem in a great American tradition, that would ...
Absence Captioned

Absence Captioned represents a new departure for Kostelanetz, who here writes prose texts to accompany framed images either wholly black or wholly white.
Running Footers

Running Footers is an essay in Conceptual Fiction, with only phrases at the bottom of each page framing absence above.
Cf 2

Cf 2
English Incredible English: Vol E - G

Interested now in producing only texts significant enough to survive me I wanted to write a long poem devoid of personal expression, though not my discriminatory taste--a really long poem in a great American tradition, that would ...
Checkmates: Eight Narratives

Checkmates extends Richard Kostelanetz's long-fomenting interest in using materials other than words for fictional narratives.
Running Headers

Running Heads narrates the story of a long life wholly in headings at the top of otherwise blank pages.