SURFACE STUDIES government

government

From the press: Cover image is a photo of an embroidery made by Karah Kemmerly

And every word is spot on

but these girls know how to plot the coordinates of their finite struggles and watch over one another with a sagacity that's as intimate and precise as the hand-drawn grid of a note passed secretly at the back of a crowded classroom

Prosit suddenly comes to life

SURFACE STUDIES governmentLiterary Criticism. Action Books, 2024. Paperback, 46 pages. 7"x7"x0. 25" From the press: The text is not a passive object. And the reader is not a passive observer. In reading a text, we mutate it with our gaze, however briefly, in however isolated a setting. In less conventional works, the reader is often asked to search investigate, map out the potentially chaotic or uncharted interiors of the work. In Surface Studies, Mike Corrao takes close