Poetry. Following on the diverse, ambitious FASHIONABLE NOISE: ON DIGITAL POETICS, Brian Kim Stefans' WHAT IS SAID TO THE POET CONCERNING FLOWERS collects an equally varied set of small projects written over the past six years. Ranging from the spare lyrics of "Les Assis" and "Like the Corn Laws" to the socially engaged thought experiments of "The Screens" (which features, among other work, explorations of italics, a poem about ideas for poems, a piece in which every vowel has been replaced with a U, and a sardonic look at "social cripples"), Stefans's work is densely and rewardingly packed with fascinating language and plenty of provocative ideas. Here we have conceptual poetry at its best.

Author City: LOS ANGELES, CA USA

Brian Kim Stefans' most recent books are WHAT IS SAID TO THE POET CONCERNING FLOWERS (Factory School, 2006), KLUGE: A MEDITATION, AND OTHER WORKS (Roof, 2007) and Before Starting Over: Selected Writings and Interviews (Salt, 2006). He is professor of English and Digital Humanities at UCLA.