{"product_id":"houdini-paperback","title":"Houdini - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCraig Saper\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eK. a. Wisniewski\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eBob Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (1886-1959) was an American writer and publisher, central to the pulp fiction factory of the early twentieth century, the expatriate avant-garde in France, and the Bohemian arts scene in Greenwich Village in the 1950s. Originally published in 1933, Houdini was a pamphlet-length book part of The Modern Edition poetry series under the editorial direction of Kathleen Tankersley Young. This new edition includes a Foreword by \u003cb\u003eK. A. Wisniewski\u003c\/b\u003e, an Introduction by \u003cb\u003eCraig Saper\u003c\/b\u003e, and a new cover and text design. It is the latest title from the revamped Roving Eye Press, the press originally started by Brown in the late 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Carlton \"Bob\" Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (1886-1959) was an American writer and publisher in many forms. In the first two decades of the twentieth century, Brown was a bestselling fiction writer, selling hundreds of stories to magazines and collecting some of these for the collections \u003ci\u003eWhat Happened to Mary?\u003c\/i\u003e (1913) and \u003ci\u003eThe Remarkable Adventures of Christopher Poe\u003c\/i\u003e (1913). By the end of the decade, he became a central figure of the Bohemian arts scene in Greenwich Village and published two books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eTahiti: 10 Rhythms\u003c\/i\u003e (1915) and \u003ci\u003eMy Majonary\u003c\/i\u003e (1916). After nearly a decade of traveling the globe, in 1928 Brown and his wife Rose joined the expatriate avant-garde in France, where he conducted his most famous and experimental works. These included \u003ci\u003e1450-1950\u003c\/i\u003e (1929), \u003ci\u003eThe Readies\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), \u003ci\u003eWords\u003c\/i\u003e (1931), and \u003ci\u003eGems: A Censored Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e (1931). In the 1930s, the Browns entered a new phase in their writing careers as bestselling cookbook authors and moved to Hollywood to write story treatments. Bob Brown spent the last years of his life in New York City, devoted to collecting rare books and publishing and collaborating with writers from the emerging Beat movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCraig Saper\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Amazing Adventures of Bob Brown\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), \u003ci\u003eIntimate Bureaucracies\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eNetworked Art\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and \u003ci\u003eArtificial Mythologies\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) and editor or co-editor of \u003ci\u003eElectracy: Gregory L. Ulmer's Textshop Experiments\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eHyperrhiz\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Mapping Culture Multimodally\" (2015), and special issues of \u003ci\u003eRhizomes\u003c\/i\u003e on \"Posthumography\" (2010), \"Imaging Place\" (2009), and \"Drifts\" (2007). He also edited and introduced new editions of Bob Brown's \u003ci\u003eReadies\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eWords\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eGems\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), and \u003ci\u003e1450-1950\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). Saper's curatorial projects include exhibits on \u003ci\u003eNoigandres: Concrete Poetry in Brazil\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), \u003ci\u003eAssemblings\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eFolkvine.org\u003c\/i\u003e (2003-2006), and \u003ci\u003eTypebound\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). He is Professor of Language, Literacy \u0026amp; Culture at UMBC and co-founder of Electric Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 34\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.07 x 7.99 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290492449017,"sku":"9780692991107","price":7.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/A7hQ6XZ7uy9780692991107.webp?v=1776283997","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/houdini-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}