Language Makes Plastic of the Body

Poetry. CD included. The first book-length work by this South Carolinian/Southern Californian writer collects songs, essays, poetry, brief prose stories and documents from his unusual epistolary archive. Choate combines close attention to graphic detail--from page design to the evocativity of intentional misspelling--with a heightened focus on the influence of sonic texture over a words' migration between the page and the person. A wry but contagious humor underlies each piece. Includes "Laser Pointers Put the Demon in Demonstrate." Accompanying each book is a CD featuring musical renditions and other sonic performances of the work.