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The Copy in Global Modernism

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Jacob Edmond

Is “make it the same”––and not “make it new”––the true catchphrase of modernism? So I argue in my contribution to A New Vocabulary for Global Modernism, just out from Columbia University Press. Although I’m still awaiting a hardcopy, I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Gertrude Stein and the iterations of the book

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Jacob Edmond

My new post on Jacket2 begins: In our digital age, the printed book is often seen as resisting the immateriality and inauthenticity of the digital text through its “aura,” “singularity,” “authenticity,” “materiality,” and “bookness”––to cite some key terms from a … Continue reading →

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Poetry and Piracy: Copyright and Poetic Licence

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Jacob Edmond

Here is a video of a talk I gave recently on copying, copyright, and contemporary poetry with reference to Kim Dotcom, Socrates, Plato, print culture, Hegel, Mitt Romney, J.D. Salinger, Monty Python, Charles Dickens, Richard Prince, Kenneth Goldsmith, Simon Morris, … Continue reading →

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Vanessa Place’s Replacements

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Jacob Edmond

I’ve added a new post to my Jacket2 “Iterations” commentary. This one is on Vanessa Place and her “Boycott Project,” which involves taking various feminist texts and replacing all female-gendered words with their male counterparts. I first came across the … Continue reading →

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Revolutions per Minute: Charles Bernstein

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Jacob Edmond

I have a new post on my Jacket2 “Iterations” commentary. This post focuses on Charles Bernstein and draws on and augments material from A Common Strangeness. In the essay “The Conspiracy of Us” (first published in 1979, in L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E), Charles … Continue reading →

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Revolution with a Twist: Kamau Brathwaite

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Jacob Edmond

I have begun what will be a series of posts on the poetics of iteration for Jacket2 under four broad headings: revolution, copyright, translation, and the book. My first post is on “Revolution with a Twist” and draws on the … Continue reading →

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