The Medium is the Muse

So, I have another new book in print now, this time a co-edited anthology of creative work entitled The Medium is the Muse [Channeling Marshall McLuhan]. It's a collection of poetry, poetics, creative writing, and cartoons, co-edited by the celebrated poet, and scholar of media poetics, communication theory, and media ecology, Adeena Karasick. Here's the cover, which is very, very cool:

And in case you're wondering whose picture that is, yes indeed, it is a very young, college age Marshall McLuhan. It's from a photograph that has not previously been seen publicly, and is used here by permission of the McLuhan Estate, with all rights reserved and all that jazz.

And just for good measure, here are a couple more versions of it:

And yeah, those are the links for buying either a soft or hardcover version of the book. So c'mon, what are you waiting for? Maybe a little more information? Well, here's the write-up from NeoPoiesis Press:

Oracle of the electronic age, Marshall McLuhan believed artists could wake us and offer new windows into the world. This diverse collection brings together twenty-nine poets, writers, and artists who channel McLuhan as both medium and muse. Like McLuhan's work, this volume will delight, divert, provoke, incite and inspire readers to channel McLuhan in their own imagination and creative endeavors.

Featuring work from: Lillian Allen, Michelle Rae Anderson, Mary Ann Allison, Marleen Barr, David Bateman, Arthur Asa Berger, bill bissett, Tony Burgess, Jerry Harp, Adeena Karasick, William Marshe, John G. McDaid, Jill McGinn, Elizabeth McLuhan, Peter C. Montgomery, Dean Motter, Alexandra Oliver, John Oughton, Si Philbrook, B.W. Powe, Robert Priest, Stephen Roxborough, Lance Strate, Steve Szewczok, Andrea Thompson, Toshio Ushiroguchi-Pigott, John Watts, Dale Winslow, Tom Wolfe

So you can see that aside from the whatever value you might place on the editors, we have contributions from none other than Tom Wolfe, not to mention Elizabeth McLuhan (one of Marshall's daughter's), rock musician John Watts, and many others. And it's tempting to list everyone again, but how about I give you the Table of Contents instead? Here you go:

Contents 

Introduction 

The medium is 

Lance Strate 

brush up on yr mcluhan / start dewing it now th medium 

bill bissett 

Ping-Pong 

Tom Wolfe 

Man Made Whole Again 

Tom Wolfe 

All the Information in the Sun 

Robert Priest 

Short Sound Play 

Robert Priest 

Micro-Poems 

Robert Priest 

It Came One Day 

 Elizabeth McLuhan 

Self Reflection 

Elizabeth McLuhan 

To Sit 

Elizabeth McLuhan 

Chop Gently 

Elizabeth McLuhan 

The Purple Rose of Brooklyn Or, Meeting Marshall McLuhan

(With a Little Help From Mayan Apocalypse Planet X/Nibiru) 

Marleen Barr 

McLuhan Kaleidoscope 

Mary Ann Allison 

Flash in the Pan 

John McDaid 

Start 

Tony Burgess 

dear marshall i know you 

Stephen Roxborough 

Marshalling McLuhan 

Lillian Allen 

 Life 

Peter Montgomery 

Messy Necessity 

Adeena Karasick 

In My Blogal Village, Print is Hot 

Adeena Karasick 

Your Leaky Day 

Adeena Karasick 

Reader 

BW Powe 

Technogenie 

BW Powe 

(lang-gwij)? 

William Marshe 

Constitution of Silence 

Steve Szewczok 

we, the real mad poets 

Jill McGinn 

Late Summer Twilight 

Jerry Harp 

Pegged to Invisible Consequences 

John Oughton 

McLuhan’s Bride 

David Bateman 

The Mechanical Bride’s Consolation 

Michelle Anderson 

Curriculum Vitae 

Alexandra Oliver 

M.F.M.: Media Friend Marshall 

Toshio Ushiroguchi-Pigott 

I Wouldn't Have Seen It If I Hadn't Believed It: A Probe Poem 

Andrea Thompson 

Dear Mr. Mössbauer, are you online? 

Dale Winslow 

Silent Resonance 

Dale Winslow 

It Was Never a Flower to Begin With 

Dale Winslow 

facebook 

Si Philbrook 

mY parts 

John Watts 

Prose 

Lance Strate 

Centenary 

Lance Strate 

Biographies 

Acknowledgments

The volume also includes a series of illustrations by acclaimed comics creator Dean Motter, and a couple by popular culture maven Arthur Asa Berger.

Now here is the basic information, including list prices:

paperback:

ISBN 978-0-9855577-5-1

144 pages

$16.95

5.5”x8.5” perfect bound, paper

hardcover:

ISBN 978-0-9892018-5-8

144 pages

$24.95

5.5”x8.5” hardcover

So really, this wouldn't be a bad volume to use in a class devoted to creative explorations in communication, media, poetry, etc.

For more information, you can contact  info at neopoiesispress.com (and tell them I sent you!).