Theres something ancient in these forms something complex and yet basic in an understand of how letters begin evolve and continue This is a fascinating exploration of shaperob mclennan

One of the most meticulous concrete poets of our moment Kevin Stebner with his new book Inherent revivifies the topography of typographic poetics giving it a bold new visage With a designers discernment and a poets heart Stebner attunes himself to the murmurs of each typeface liberating each and every one from languages limits to vibrate in constellations of their own truth and beautyEric Schmaltz author of Surfaces

The poemtexts in Inherent exploreexploit the territory between glyph and word letter and semantic value demonstrating the power of the subatomic level of language in its capacity to act provocatively through the eye to mind with resonant soundsense The typographic richness of unusual fonts positioned dynamically on the page is a great reminder of how much freedom there was in dry lettering aka Letraset technology Every move every placement was a deliberate act contributing to the construction of a text These works shimmer shake and vibrate with excitement in an architectonic zone of imaginative compositionJohanna Drucker author of Inventing the Alphabet The Origins of Letters from Antiquity to the Present

This is work of virtuoso beauty made by a master spinner of signs crystalline multifaceted kaleidoscopic letterforms mazes roadmaps blueprints mandalas Ithinkknots sometimes playful sometimes numinous alien human tactile with craquelure synaptic as neural networks lyrical jazzy magical elegant Stebners eyemusic made with dry transfer typefaces shows that letters are the ultimate building set as he sings infinite signifiers sigils and symmetrical signals The endless sighs and size of the designs insightfully show that language is the most fun one can have looking at thinking and thinking about lookingGary Barwin author of For It Is a Pleasure and a Surprise to Breathe New and Selected Poems

Kevin Stebners Inherent is a bold library of shapeshifting concrete poems Every page reveals a typographical surprise Stebners language becomes a material entity that marches its way through as the book progresses letters dance huddle and disperse and point to the visual charm of language itself This is a must for Letraset lovers and everyone interested in visual playAstra Papachristodoulou author of Constellations