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State/Shaft Shaft/State - by Sam Truitt (Paperback)

State/Shaft Shaft/State - by  Sam Truitt (Paperback) - 1 of 1
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  • STATE/SHAFT SHAFT/STATE is a book of image + words, made in a calendar year in the mid-00s when Sam Truitt was a full-time business writer for a New York-based publisher of commercial real estate research, statistics and analysis.
  • About the Author: Sam Truitt is the author of the ten books in the Vertical Elegies series.
  • 64 Pages
  • Poetry, American

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STATE/SHAFT SHAFT/STATE is a book of image + words, made in a calendar year in the mid-00s when Sam Truitt was a full-time business writer for a New York-based publisher of commercial real estate research, statistics and analysis. The business was just west of Fifth Avenue on the north side of Thirty-Seventh, and our writing group was located initially on the top floor. I composed the "state" strips on the roof, which had an excellent view of most of the Empire State Building. In the spring our group moved to the fourth floor, removing easy rooftop access. I continued to compose intermittently through the day, yet now standing on the fire escape at the back of the building. That area also served as an airshaft. state/shaft shaft/state's text is a direct transcription of words spoken into an Olympus W10 recorder, that allows you to take photos while voice recording an avi file. While their order here is somewhat arbitrary, the way the image + words are arranged in this series is not wholly. This book includes a QR link to a video of the original recordings.



About the Author



Sam Truitt is the author of the ten books in the Vertical Elegies series. He is the co-editor of InFiltration: An Anthology of Innovative Poetry from the Hudson River Valley and Eating the Colors of a Lineup of Words: The Early Books of Bernadette Mayer, and a host of the podcast Baffling Combustions. The director of Station Hill Press and president of the Institute for Publishing Arts, he lives in Woodstock, NY.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 64
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: Station Hill Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Sam Truitt
Language: English
Street Date: August 25, 2025
TCIN: 1003687208
UPC: 9781581772081
Item Number (DPCI): 247-34-4979
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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