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Dime-store Alchemy

Name: Dime-store Alchemy
ISBN: 9781590174869

The Art of Joseph Cornell

Charles Simic

New York Review Books · Print & ebook · September 20, 2011

Reading lane: American Poetry

Now in Paperback In Dime-Store Alchemy , poet Charles Simic reflects on the life and work of Joseph Cornell, the maverick surrealist who is one of America’s great artists.

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Why This Clicks

Art in Small Frames

Simic’s spare, luminous prose offers a poetic way into Joseph Cornell’s life and work.

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A poet’s reflections on a singular American artist
The pull of Cornell’s mysterious boxes of found objects

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Spare prose with an enchanting, luminous quality
An artistic life seen through a poet’s sensibility

Book Details

Authors: Charles Simic
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: September 20, 2011
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: American Poetry · Artist Essays
Reading lane: American Poetry

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American Art
Artist Essays
American Poetry

About This Book

Now in Paperback In Dime-Store Alchemy , poet Charles Simic reflects on the life and work of Joseph Cornell, the maverick surrealist who is one of America’s great artists. Simic’s spare prose is as enchanting and luminous as the mysterious boxes of found objects for which Cornell is justly renowned.