Conversation With Austin Kleon, A Writer Who Draws
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This article reprinted from John T. Unger's Art Heroes. The original article can be found online:
http://www.artheroesradio.com/2010/02/conversation-with-austin-kleon-a-writer-who-draws.html
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Austin Kleon is a writer, cartoonist, and web designer. He’s best known
for his Newspaper Blackout Poems—poetry made by redacting words from
newspaper articles with a permanent marker. His first book, Newspaper Blackout
, is forthcoming from Harper Perennial in April 2010. He lives
in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Meghan, and their dog, Milo.
First person bio: "I’m a visual thinker who is obsessed with the art of communicating with pictures and words, together. I love to write about the subject and teach it. I draw cartoons and take visual notes at live events for folks such as Austin City Limits and South By Southwest. I also doodle a lot in my sketchbook. If you like my Newspaper Blackout Poems, check out my de-Signs: iPhone snapshots of signs redacted into one-liners.
My day job is designing websites for the University of Texas School of Law."
Learn More about Austin Kleon
- www.austinkleon.com
- Get to know Austin on Twitter.
- How to make your own Newspaper Blackout poem (video)
- Pre-order Newspaper Blackout
on Amazon
- Austin's art and writing on his blog.
- Photos and in-progress works on Flickr.
Further Resources:
Check out the visual notes drawing that Austin drew during the show.
Show Highlights: Excerpts From the Conversation
Once the transcription is completed I'll include some of the best portions here.
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