{"id":5427,"date":"2011-04-13T05:55:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T09:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=5427"},"modified":"2011-04-13T05:55:12","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T09:55:12","slug":"newspaper-blackout-austin-kleon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/5427\/newspaper-blackout-austin-kleon\/","title":{"rendered":"Newspaper Blackout &#8211; Austin Kleon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"425\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QB2MT5istU4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"425\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ipAXNboiwC4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"300\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XqB9kXzJ0UA&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;version=3\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinkleon.com\/newspaperblackout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Kleon finds poetry in newspapers.<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Instead of starting with a blank page, poet Austin Kleon grabs the New York Times and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn\u2019t need.&#8221;\u2014 NPR\u2019s Morning Edition<br \/>\n&#8220;\u2026a kind of Rorschach approach to reading newspapers\u2026&#8221; \u2014The Wall Street Journal<br \/>\n&#8220;The poems] resurrect the newspaper when everyone else is declaring it dead\u2026like a cross between magnetic refrigerator poetry and enigmatic ransom notes, funny and zen-like, collages of found art\u2026&#8221; \u2014The New Yorker<br \/>\nThis is a great creative exercise. 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