{"product_id":"bad-writing-isbn-9783956794100","title":"Bad Writing","description":"\u003cb\u003eEssays that forge a path to a truly radical “bad” modernism in art and literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat, exactly, constitutes the “bad”? Can one consciously produce in the name of “badness,” or is badness a value judgment that comes after the fact, from an Other? How does one begin to assign aesthetic value to an object? If one is to accept the “bad” as “good,” or to find aesthetic value in badness, then when does the bad succeed and when does it fail? If, \u003ci\u003epace\u003c\/i\u003e Beckett, we are to embrace failure as an inevitable goal, then isn't it necessary to invent a new mode of criticism that accommodates this aesthetic reality? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravis Jeppesen's \u003ci\u003eBad Writing\u003c\/i\u003e offers a series of interconnected essays, many of which appear in print for the first time, forging a pathway for a truly radical “bad” modernism in art and literature. He explores the terrain of failure, assessing the situation of the twenty-first century literary avant-garde; considers the work of perennial outsiders; and offers “ficto-criticisms,” including his controversial, no-holds-barred takedown of the 2015 Venice Biennale, originally published in \u003ci\u003eArt in America\u003c\/i\u003e. Erudite, irreverent, witty, and occasionally controversial, \u003ci\u003eBad Writing\u003c\/i\u003e reinvigorates the too-often staid medium of art criticism as an iconoclastic and inventive literary art form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e...a total pleasure to read.—\u003ci\u003eTANK Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravis Jeppesen's 'willful defiance of the commodification of art criticism' is not just necessary, it's outrageous.\u003c\/p\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBruce Schawbsky\u003c\/b\u003e, art critic for \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Jeppesen]'s the Weird Al Yankovic of art criticism, but gayer.\u003c\/p\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBruce Hainley\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eUnder the Sign of [sic]: Sturtevant's Volte-Face\u003c\/i\u003e—Travis Jeppesen (born 1979) is an American novelist, poet, artist, and art critic currently based in Berlin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Suiciders\u003c\/i\u003e (Semiotext(e)), \u003ci\u003ePoems I Wrote while Watching TV\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSee You Again in Pyongyang\u003c\/i\u003e, and other books.","brand":"Sternberg Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302830067941,"sku":"NP9783956794100","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9783956794100.jpg?v=1767722114","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/bad-writing-isbn-9783956794100","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}