Surfaces

by Eric Schmaltz

Where does the body go when we write to one another thru digital channels? How and what do we feel when information is realized through taps, clicks, and pressures? What happens to meaning within a digital economy when information is considered to be bodiless? Concerned with these questions, Surfaces is at turns playful and unsettling as it explores the processes, interactions, and erasures that occur on and below the surface of writing with machinery. "An uncanny reminder of what language could be, if only we let it.” —Derek Beaulieu “In Canada […] there are poets to stun like Eric Schmaltz ” —Ian Williams Second prize, 2018 Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada

Genres: Poetry

120 pages, Paperback

Published April 13, 2018

Reviews

[Keith · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Kathryn Mockler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Smart, beautiful book.

[Thomas Rosenthal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing. One of my favorites of the year.

[jo ianni]

Is read the appropriate word for what I've done to this book? Is that phrase "skimming a book" finally made relevant for me with this text?

Every time I tell my father I'm reading a good book he asks without fail, "But, Jo, does it have pictures?"

It's not often that I can say, "Ya, dad. Nothing but them!" as I watch his confused face wonder what is a poem anyways...