![]() Consider his friend Georges Perec, who set himself the task of writing a novel without the letter e.Īlphamaniacs is a gift to word-lovers of all ages. Regard Raymond Queneau, whose mix-and-match sonnets would take a million centuries to recite. Marvel at erasure artists like Janet Holmes, who removed words from Emily Dickinson's verses to reveal a wholly different group of poems. ![]() Language for them is something to be hacked, played with, and explored, inspiring jaw-dropping quests and arduous treks to its most distant shores.īehold Daniel Nussbaum, who retold the classics using only vanity license plates. They see numbers in letters and art supplies in dictionaries. They're mesmerized by words' shapes and sounds. ![]() Not so the wild-eyed figures profiled here! ![]() Most of us see words as good only for exchanging information. ![]()
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