As If It Is At All

As If It Is At All compiles Simon Cutts's "transferable" (i.e. realizable in various media, whether print, sculpture, artist's book, etc.) poems of the past decade, in the fashion of such previous books as Seepages (The Jargon Society, 1989), and A Smell of Printing (Granary Books, 2000). Frequently made in the Concrete idiom, or similar, and with an appetite for concision, clarity and gentle wit, Cutts's writings advocate and palpably savor the pleasure of domestic attentions and immediate amusements:

calyx of tobacco

rolled in

a small tarpaulin

of rubber

slung between

a pocket adana

This volume is a celebration of daily increment and incident, of friendships and particulars. Included are collaborations with Erica Van Horn and works for electronic formats.