Blackout [Paperback]

John Tranter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2000

Prospero gazes upon California. His mission: to impose his speech on the wreck of modern America. Blackout consist of Shakespeare's The Tempest, the article 'Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream' by Joan Didion, and a chapter from 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test' by Tom Wolfe, with most of the words removed, and the remaining words and phrases interleaved, though in the same order as they appear in the original texts. No other words have been added.

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About the Author

John Tranter is the author of fourteen books of poetry, and his writing is published in magazines from London to Prague to San Francisco. He was born in Cooma, NSW, and raised in an isolated farming district. He gained his education at country schools, and then at the University of Sydney. He has worked mainly in publishing, teaching and radio production. From 1971 to 1973 he was in Singapore as Asian editor for Angus & Robertson, returning to Brisbane to take up a position as editor and producer for the ABC until 1977. In 1975 he co-designed the first Books & Writing program for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, a program format which was still in action twenty years later. He has worked as a publisher of Transit Poetry, 1981 to 1983, editor at the NSW Department of TAFE from 1983 to 1984. From 1985 to 1986 Tranter travelled throughout Europe and the USA lecturing on Australian literature and giving readings of his works and those of fellow Australian poets. From 1990 to 1993 he was poetry editor of the Bulletin. Recently he edited the Bloodaxe Book of Modern Australian Poetry with Philip Mead. He is now settled in Sydney with Lyn Tranter, the literary agent, and produces the web magazine Jacket.

Product Details

• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Barque Press (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1903488001
• ISBN-13: 978-1903488003
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,111,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)