Joseph Shafer teaches American Studies at the University of Marburg, Germany, and publishes on poetry, critical theory, and aesthetics. He has also edited Meditations: The Assorted Prose of Barbara Guest and co-edited a new Selected Poems of Barbara Guest.

• Introduction.- chapter 1.  Parts Playing out of the Abyss: Transitioning from Derrida with Damisch and Rancière.- Chapter 2. Cannibalism, Mutiny, Revolution in Charles Olson (and Susan Howe.- Chapter 3. Wintering Prose Topographies: from H.D., Rosmarie Waldrop, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, to Barbara Guest.- Chapter 4. The Politics of Bringing a Body to Light: Ronald Johnson.- Chapter 5. The Plot Thickens in Black and White: Claudia Rankine's Image.

Joseph Shafer teaches American Studies at the University of Marburg, Germany, and publishes on poetry, critical theory, and aesthetics. He has also edited Meditations: The Assorted Prose of Barbara Guest and co-edited a new Selected Poems of Barbara Guest.

• Introduction.- chapter 1.  Parts Playing out of the Abyss: Transitioning from Derrida with Damisch and Rancière.- Chapter 2. Cannibalism, Mutiny, Revolution in Charles Olson (and Susan Howe.- Chapter 3. Wintering Prose Topographies: from H.D., Rosmarie Waldrop, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, to Barbara Guest.- Chapter 4. The Politics of Bringing a Body to Light: Ronald Johnson.- Chapter 5. The Plot Thickens in Black and White: Claudia Rankine's Image.

Joseph Shafer teaches American Studies at the University of Marburg, Germany, and publishes on poetry, critical theory, and aesthetics. He has also edited Meditations: The Assorted Prose of Barbara Guest and co-edited a new Selected Poems of Barbara Guest.

• Introduction.- chapter 1.  Parts Playing out of the Abyss: Transitioning from Derrida with Damisch and Rancière.- Chapter 2. Cannibalism, Mutiny, Revolution in Charles Olson (and Susan Howe.- Chapter 3. Wintering Prose Topographies: from H.D., Rosmarie Waldrop, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, to Barbara Guest.- Chapter 4. The Politics of Bringing a Body to Light: Ronald Johnson.- Chapter 5. The Plot Thickens in Black and White: Claudia Rankine's Image.