Tobias Carroll is Managing Editor of the literary website Vol.1 Brooklyn. He is the author of two books, Reel (2016) and Transitory (2016). His writing has been published by Vulture, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Hazlitt, Literary Hub, and The Paris Review, among other places.

A page-turner of cultural analysis and shrewd observation.

• Introduction1. The Ubiquity of Yard Signs 2. The Sign Wars 3. The Business of Signs 4. The Pros and Cons of Being Generic 5. Political Signs in the Public Eye6. Signs as Shorthand, Signs as Remakes7. On Protest Signs8. The Making of a Protest Sign9. Sports & Signs & Sponsors10. Signs in the SeatsInterlude: The Punk Chapter11. Knives Bats New (Political) Tats12. HOPE and Its Discontents13. When Art Is a Sign14. When a Sign Is ArtConclusionAcknowledgments & ThanksNotesIndex

Tobias Carroll is Managing Editor of the literary website Vol.1 Brooklyn. He is the author of two books, Reel (2016) and Transitory (2016). His writing has been published by Vulture, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Hazlitt, Literary Hub, and The Paris Review, among other places.

A page-turner of cultural analysis and shrewd observation.

• Introduction1. The Ubiquity of Yard Signs 2. The Sign Wars 3. The Business of Signs 4. The Pros and Cons of Being Generic 5. Political Signs in the Public Eye6. Signs as Shorthand, Signs as Remakes7. On Protest Signs8. The Making of a Protest Sign9. Sports & Signs & Sponsors10. Signs in the SeatsInterlude: The Punk Chapter11. Knives Bats New (Political) Tats12. HOPE and Its Discontents13. When Art Is a Sign14. When a Sign Is ArtConclusionAcknowledgments & ThanksNotesIndex