Almost Perfect Forms

Michael Stewart

ART  | $7

October 2009
OUT OF PRINT
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While reading Magdalena Tulli’s Dreams and Stones, Michael Stewart found a series of beautiful accidents. Originally inspired by the way Tulli was able to make stories out of lists and to trick nouns into motion, Stewart circled every “and” and “or,” counted them, and watched as they begun to take the shapes of tiny, imperfect constellations. On page sixteen, a remarkable Corona Borealis. On page thirteen, a slightly hobbled Leo. The conjunctions are the stars and the result is mapped out on the page like an erasure and then reassembled into an astral collaboration between Michael Stewart and Magdalena Tulli.

About the Author

Michael Stewart is the author of four books including The Hieroglyphics and A Brief Encyclopedia of Modern Magic. In 2011, he was chosen by Starcherone Books as one of the thirty under thirty most innovative young writers, and in more recent years, the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts has awarded him fellowships for both his fiction and his poetry. Michael received his MFA from Brown University, where he currently teaches.

Publication Details

Hand-bound. 26 pp, 8.5 x 8.5 in
Publication Date: October 01 2009
Distribution: Direct Only
Series: Dossier