{"product_id":"a-j-carruthers-axis-book-2-hardback-limited-edition-of-50-copies","title":"a.j. carruthers, Axis Book 2 (Hardback - limited edition of 50 copies)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition of 50 hardback copies thread-sewn between boards, with dust jacket.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe facts: \u003cem\u003eAXIS Book 2\u003c\/em\u003e follows from \u003cem\u003eAXIS Book 1: Areal\u003c\/em\u003e as the second installment of my lifelong long poem. Written mostly on an ACER Aspire S 13 computer between 2015 and 2019, Book 2 is made of 3 microbooks – Blazar, Chorastics, Disk – \u0026amp; comprises 30 poems in total. \u003cem\u003eBlazars\u003c\/em\u003e; black hole objects with jet axes pointing towards earth. \u003cem\u003eChorastics\u003c\/em\u003e; a chorus, a human cluster. \u003cem\u003eDisk\u003c\/em\u003e; the shape of some galaxies but also a compact storage device. Each microbook; equal number of lines for each register. \u003cem\u003eBlazar\u003c\/em\u003e in 3 registers (258 lines), \u003cem\u003eChorastics\u003c\/em\u003e in 4 (680 lines), \u003cem\u003eDisk\u003c\/em\u003e in 5 (360). Ends with music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eAXIS\u003c\/em\u003e forges an architecture of meaning, pattern and sound that functions like the mind of the poet in process. Brilliant, rigorous and enigmatic.’ ― Rochelle Owens\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea.j. carruthers is an Australian-born experimental poet and critic. He teaches at \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;\"\u003eSUIBE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea.j. carruthers, \u003cem\u003eAxis Book 2\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2019. 128pp. PB. 148mm x 210mm.\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-925735-22-2\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":28874702848052,"sku":"","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/products\/Carruthers_Axis2_cover_5685ece7-c683-473d-9f4f-a9b60e8892e2.jpg?v=1561921655","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/de\/products\/a-j-carruthers-axis-book-2-hardback-limited-edition-of-50-copies","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}