Shakespeare, In Love
OCTOBER 7TH, 2009
Shakespeare, In Love
They say you shouldn't mess with a classic, but on a recent cultural sojourn we stumbled upon a rare little book put out by a teeny tiny press that gets it just right.
In Nets,
poet and visual artist Jen Bervin fashions fresh, pithy poetry out of
sonnets written by William Shakespeare. Fading out sections of his
original text, while bolding select words, Bervin builds new poems out
of the context of the classic. The small, perfect-bound book instantly
ignited our love for what we once saw in high school as only a daunting
required read.
If you can have Christmas in July, then we say make it Valentine's Day in October and gift yourself with this paper heart.
$11.93 through www.uglyducklingpresse.org, to see a sample click here.