Newspaper Blackout
By Austin Kleon
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About this ebook
“Some of the results are hilarious, some are profound and even unsettling, but they are never bland or boring.”
— Ephermerist
Newspaper article + sharpie = Newspaper Blackout Poetry: Instead of starting with a blank page, poet Austin Kleon grabs a newspaper and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn’t need. Fans of Not Quite What I Was Planning and Post Secret will love these unique and compelling poems culled from Austin’s popular website.
Austin Kleon
Austin Kleon is a writer who draws. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! His work has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS Newshour, and in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. He also speaks frequently about creativity in the digital age for such organizations as Pixar, Google, SXSW, TEDx, and The Economist. He lives in Austin, Texas, and online at austinkleon.com.
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Reviews for Newspaper Blackout
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The hardest part of writing poetry is finding the words. Austin Kleon’s found a secret: the words are already there. With a black Sharpie, Kleon finds the poetry hidden a pile of newspapers, just waiting for him to cross out the words he doesn’t need. Mixed into the daily journalism, "we are all schoolboys and schoolgirls staggering under the weight of dream-stomping adults."
On my list of high school booktalks for the fall, and a potential program idea for the spring. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I read this book based on the brilliant excerpts that kept getting posted around Tumblr.
Sadly, those were the highlights. There are some gems, to be sure, but for the most part it feels forced.
Quite a few of the poems have abandoned the top-down left-right style, and instead roam around the page like ants. These tend to be the best and also the most fun to read.
I'd recommend getting the book for the three or four five star pages, but know that there are quite a few 1 star ones balancing them out.