AUSTIN KLEON » NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS http://www.austinkleon.com Website and blog of Austin Kleon: a writer, cartoonist, and web designer living in Austin, Texas. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:57:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 THE BEST EDUCATION http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newspaperblackoutpoems/~3/ZN_zUoJz954/ http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/06/29/the-best-education/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:06:20 +0000 Austin Kleon http://www.austinkleon.com/?p=4435 the best education

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]]> http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/06/29/the-best-education/feed/ 0 http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/06/29/the-best-education/ MAKING LITHOGRAPH PRINTS http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newspaperblackoutpoems/~3/B5LdCBkZ53g/ http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/06/19/making-lithographs/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:51:50 +0000 Austin Kleon http://www.austinkleon.com/?p=4309

Making lithographs of a Newspaper Blackout Poem from Austin Kleon on Vimeo.

More footage from our printmaking extravaganza last weekend in San Marcos. This time, it’s Clif Riley making lithograph prints of “Visual Thinking.”

Read more about lithography (and printmaking).

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]]> http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/06/17/vision/feed/ 2 http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/06/17/vision/ SILKSCREENING http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newspaperblackoutpoems/~3/CkQTpXbKVBc/ http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/06/16/silkscreening/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:27:31 +0000 Austin Kleon http://www.austinkleon.com/?p=4253

Silkscreening Newspaper Blackout Poems from Austin Kleon on Vimeo.

(Youtube link for Iphone users.)

Video of my friend and painter/printmaker extraordinaire Curtis Miller pulling screenprints of Newspaper Blackout Poems last weekend in San Marcos, Texas. (Tell him how awesome they are on twitter.)

(Watch it in full HD!)

The prints will be on sale soon!

Also: the ACLU digs blackout poetry:

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]]> http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/06/16/silkscreening/feed/ 5 http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/06/16/silkscreening/ HELP US PICK POEMS TO SCREENPRINT! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newspaperblackoutpoems/~3/dkOgY4mZXts/ http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/06/08/help-us-pick-poems-to-screenprint/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:58:49 +0000 Austin Kleon http://www.austinkleon.com/?p=4191 The book is still over half a year away, so my wife Meg and I are making it our summer project to sell some mini-poster prints of poems that won’t be in the book—perfect for hanging on your wall, cubicle, etc. They’ll be silkscreened by hand by my good friend and super-talented painter/printmaker, Curtis Miller. We’ll be pulling prints in San Marcos next weekend, hoping to have them up for sale in a week or so.

We need your help picking which poems to offer! Please take a look at the following batch of poems, and give us your input in the form below…
 The people have spoken! See the results below…

How To Be A Texan

HOW TO BE A TEXAN

Tandem

TANDEM

Visual Thinking

VISUAL THINKING

Agoraphobia

AGORAPHOBIA

Honesty

HONESTY

Overheard on the Titanic

OVERHEARD ON THE TITANIC

Heartland Goodness and Romance

heartland goodness and romance

Harrigan Isn’t Afraid

harrigan isn't afraid

The Final Results:

results

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]]> http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/05/30/trees/feed/ 3 http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/05/30/trees/ IN THE EVENT (OF A MURDER) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newspaperblackoutpoems/~3/2jN3o2YMZ3Y/ http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/05/19/in-the-event-of-a-murder/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 21:44:24 +0000 Austin Kleon http://www.austinkleon.com/?p=4097 the detective uses crime scene tape as a book mark / that way he is ready / in the event of a murder

This one was a casualty of the final round of editing for the book. I went on a marathon session this weekend, cutting and adding, and I think I finally came up with a satisfying shape for the thing. Excited for y’all to see it. Should be a pre-order button one of these days…

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And thus, we wrap up International Newspaper Blackout Poetry Month with poem 30 out of 30!

Looking back, I think I must’ve been nuts to set off on something like this, but I’m glad I did. Heck, 30 poems…that’s 1/5 of a book! Maybe I’ll see if I can’t make a little mini-zine out of them?

Thanks again to everyone who spread the link love and tried their own poems. Y’all are awesome.

Here’s a list of all 30:

  1. POETRY CAN BE BORN
  2. THE BEAUTY OF EARLY WORKS
  3. DASHED HOPES
  4. HERE THERE BE DRAGONS
  5. WHAT SOUNDS SIMPLE
  6. HOW WE KEPT BUSY
  7. HISTORY DITCH
  8. CATASTROPHE INTO NOTHING
  9. LONG-DISTANCE
  10. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
  11. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THEIR MUSIC
  12. THE FACE OF THE EARTH
  13. LET’S PRETEND
  14. IN THE SUBURBS
  15. JUST A MATTER OF TIME
  16. KNOWING THE CHANCES
  17. CLOSE THE SHOP
  18. IN AND OUT OF DIRT!
  19. OFFING
  20. ME AND MY BIG MOUTH
  21. WINE CAN HELP THE PARTY
  22. SUITLAND
  23. PIGGY-BACK
  24. A SPECULATIVE SCHOOL
  25. THE RIGHT TO DECLINE
  26. INVOCATION
  27. THE DATE
  28. THE CALL CENTER
  29. HOW TO BE POPULAR
  30. RATHER THAN REPAIR

If you want to browse all 30 poems, you can use this link:

http://www.austinkleon.com/tag/international-newspaper-blackout-poetry-month-2009/

I’m taking a break for the month of May. Might have some new ones in June.

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Poem 29 out of 30 for International Newspaper Blackout Poetry Month.

SHOUT-OUT! to all the folks on Twitter who mentioned the poems during April (Sorry if I missed your name here! Post it in the comments!) In no particular order:

@RubberJenny
@catpoetry
@Margosita
@brookerandel
@luismendo
@marcjohns
@rhimyers
@coryleahy
@davidburn
@johntunger
@gemarkeerd
@inkscar
@DustinFaulkner
@ywalker
@thenewmckechnie
@artwithbyte
@349
@BicyclingNate
@productjustin
@ItsMikeD
@LPT
@iggynore
@drawn
@BladBlog

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]]> http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/04/29/how-to-be-popular/feed/ 0 http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/04/29/how-to-be-popular/ THE CALL CENTER http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newspaperblackoutpoems/~3/ZStVaS8Hna4/ http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/04/29/the-call-center/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:18:15 +0000 Austin Kleon http://www.austinkleon.com/?p=3945 the sandwiches of peanut butter / we ate / on the marijuana high / satisfied us so we / could not be reached for complaints

Poem 28 out of 30 for International Newspaper Blackout Poetry Month. Only two more days! (And two more poems…)

SHOUT-OUT! to My Brain Is Too Small For The Internet for blogging about the poems. Say hi on twitter: @RubberJenny

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