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Of Lamb
Hardcover, 1 v. (unpaged), McSweeney's , List Price: $22 | purchase
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Filled with spellbinding illustrations, Of Lamb follows the nuanced love story of Lamb and Mary in packets of beautiful verse.
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An unusual hybrid of found poetry, nursery rhymes and gag cartoons, Of Lamb consists, at its heart, of 106 pages plucked from a long-forgotten biography of 19th century author Charles Lamb. Those pages were selectively erased by poet Harvey, leaving just a few words per page, to create a cracked fairy tale. The gorgeous gouache illustrations by Porter bring Harvey's epiphanies, non sequiturs and startling images... more
—Dan Kois
Excerpt: 'Of Lamb'
December 20, 2011 Read an excerpt from Matthea Harvey and Amy Jean Porter's Of Lamb.
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