The poems in this collection include pastoral lyrics, narrative accounts of rural and urban odysseys, mystical meditations on loss and the passage of time, and philosophical inquiries into the nature of experience and how experience shapes who we are and who we will become. Peter Bethanis was raised in rural Maine and earned his MFA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He has won the Eve of St. Agnes Poetry Prize and has been a finalist in the National Poetry Series, and he has been a featured poet on Poetry Magazine's web-site. He is the co-author of Dada and Surrealism for Beginners, and currently teaches at Ball State University.

American Future

Peter Bethanis

Entasis Press

What kind of artists put a mustache on the Mona Lisa? Enter a urinal in an art competition? Declare their own independent republic? Hijack a ship?
Dadas!
And what happens in such a movement? With Dada, many of the artists declared their own “Pope” and continued their journey (with no destination) into Surrealism, creating burning giraffes, “amoebic” dogs, and lobster telephones – some of the most imaginative and intense works of art of the 20th Century. In Dada &amp; Surrealism For Beginners, you’ll get a colorful overview of these two movements, and develop a sense of the turbulent, wild, and unapologetically mad mood and tone of the Dada and Surrealist movements. Whether you’re an artist, would-be artist, or someone seeking the marvelous, you’ll find the courage and originality of the movements inspiring, and you’ll gain an understanding of their long-term (and current) influences on contemporary art and culture – everything from performance art to pop art to the abandoned train ticket you find in the street.

Dada & Surrealism For Beginners

Arts & Photography

Elsa Bethanis

History & Criticism

For Beginners

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