Permanent Exhibit
Format:Paperback
Publisher:BOA Editions, Limited
Published:27th Sep '18
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Matthew Volmer fuses the insight of extended meditation with the immediacy of social media in his new collection Permanent Exhibit. These collage-style essays experiment with stream-of-conscious musings as Vollmer opens a browser window into his own mind: letting his thoughts wander through a fast-forward montage of flying snakes, mass shootings, emojis, pop stars, stargazing, ghosts, circuses, and a hundred other things. Full of keen observations and unexpected insights, Permanent Exhibit reclaims the art of letting one’s mind wander in the age of the status update.
"Captivating journeys with a playful, winsome guide." —Kirkus Reviews
“Who else but Matthew Vollmer would travel in status faux-updates from Justin Bieber to embalming fluids, from a presidential execution order to an Amazon order for cutlery? A thrilling, hilarious book about the difference between privacy and publicity, between exhibition and excavation, between ephemera and art (hint: the saving grace of life on earth is human consciousness).” —David Shields
“Becoming conscious of the process by which we are produced may be the only available step to enabling our status as players rather than simply played, though it is no exit from the game itself. And that, to me, is what makes Matthew Vollmer’s fiction compelling at a much deeper level than the play of wit, sensibility, and intelligence in his craft.” —The Brooklyn Rail
“Irresistible” —The New York Times
"Vollmer's writing is my new favorite example of what it must be like to see a life flash before your eyes." —Fiction Advocate
ISBN: 9781942683681
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
200 pages