What It Is

What It Is
by Lynda Barry

What It Is
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Book Summary Information

Author: Lynda Barry
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-13
ISBN: 1897299354
Number of pages: 209
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Product features:
  • ISBN13: 9781897299357
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Book Reviews of What It Is

Book Review: I bought two!
Summary: 5 Stars

I bought this book as a gift for my sister. She had picked it out and said she wanted it for an art class she is teaching. I am not an artist, but I still love this book. I bought one for myself as soon as I had some extra money. I can't wait to get it.

Summary of What It Is

"Deliciously drawn (with fragments of collage worked into each page), insightful and bubbling with delight in the process of artistic creation. A+" -Salon
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How do objects summon memories? What do real images feel like? For decades, these types of questions have permeated the pages of Lynda Barry's compositions, with words attracting pictures and conjuring places through a pen that first and foremost keeps on moving. What It Is demonstrates a tried-and-true creative method that is playful, powerful, and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive wish to write or to remember. Composed of completely new material, each page of Barry's first Drawn & Quarterly book is a full-color collage that is not only a gentle guide to this process but an invigorating example of exactly what it is: "The ordinary is extraordinary."

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