Plans for Sentences

Renee Gladman's latest project, Plans for Sentences, blurs the distinctions between text and image, recognizing that drawing can be a form of writing and vice versa. This creates a limitless loop of energy, unearthing fertile possibilities for the ways we think about poetry. Gladman's poetics is grounded in a poetics of infinite language.

Format: Hardback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 16 June 2022
Publisher: Wave Books

Renee Gladman's latest interdisciplinary project, Plans for Sentences, is a tour de force of dizzying brilliance. It blurs the distinctions between text and image, recognizing that drawing can be a form of writing, and vice versa. In this radical way, drawing and writing become part of a limitless loop of energy, unearthing fertile possibilities for the ways we think about poetry.

If Gladman ascribes to any particular type of poetics, it is robustly grounded in a poetics of infinite language.

The book is a generative act in which the two practices not only inform each other but propel each other into futures. It is a powerful exploration of the relationship between drawing and writing, and how they can be used to create new and innovative forms of poetry.

One of the key themes of the book is the idea that drawing can be a form of writing, and vice versa. Gladman argues that drawing is not just a visual practice, but can also be a means of expressing ideas and emotions through language. She uses examples of her own drawings to illustrate this point, and shows how they can be used to create poems that are both visual and linguistic.

Another theme of the book is the idea of infinite language. Gladman argues that language is not just a tool for communication, but is also a source of creativity and inspiration. She uses examples of poetic forms from different cultures and languages to show how language can be used to create new and innovative forms of poetry.

Overall, Plans for Sentences is a groundbreaking work that challenges our assumptions about the relationship between drawing and writing. It is a must-read for anyone interested in poetry and the arts, and will inspire and challenge readers for years to come.

Dimension: 177 x 254 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781950268597