The Inkblot Record
- Publisher
- Coach House Books
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1998
- Category
- Canadian, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552450536
- Publish Date
- Jan 1998
- List Price
- $16.95
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Description
The Inkblot Record is poet Dan Farrell's examination of the discourse of the (in)famous Rorschach inkblot test. It is a compelling work, by turns hilarious and poignant; it will change the way you view both poetry and psychiatry forever.
The Inkblot Record draws from over half a century of responses to the Rorschach test to construct a book-length poem that places many of western society's foibles and secret neuroses on display for all to see. By utilizing the most mundane and arbitrary of cataloguing methods - alphabetical order - Farrell constructs a poem with sophisticated internal rhythms, rhymes and alliterations that pull the reader forward in a headlong rush to the book's surprising conclusion.
About the author
Dan Farrell is the author of Last Instance and ape, and a former member of the Kootenay School of Writing. He currently resides in San Francisco.