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The Inkblot Record

by (author) Dan Farrell

Publisher
Coach House Books
Initial publish date
Jan 1998
Category
Canadian, General
  • 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.

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