> 2: An Anthology of New Collaborative Poetry
edited by Sheila E. Murphy and M. L. Weber
Presenting, as Ron Silliman's blog says:
"the more experimental side of collaborative writing
pretty much as it has occurred over the past decade.
It's fun & exciting, as a book like this should be."
The book brings together a broad and varied selection of textual projects, which
involve two or more writers working to create new, co-written compositions
included in this volume to represent North America, Europe, Australia, and
Japan. Most of the work is new, having been created after the year 2000.
> 2 offers a wide array of compositions ranging from short, spontaneous pieces to
excerpts from extended projects comprising long-term (even life-long) projects.
The book evolved partly as the world was made smaller with so many literary websites
flourishing. Poets gathered as never before and, as a result, a new type of poetry.
With this anthology, we invite readers to view these evolving realms
of creative interplay.
Of this anthology, Ron Silliman further states: "What we can hope for, at best,
at this juncture in history, is going to be projects like >2, which focus intently
on specific parts of the overall spectrum without making too much of a claim to
represent the whole. And on those terms, >2 is a job well done."
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