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John M Bennett & Jim Leftwich

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John M. Bennett has published, exhibited and performed his word art worldwide. He was editor and publisher of LOST AND FOUND TIMES (1975-2005), and is Founding Curator of the Avant Writing Collection at The Ohio State University Libraries.  His work, publications, and papers are collected in several major institutions, including Washington University (St. Louis), SUNY Buffalo, The Ohio State University, The Museum of Modern Art, and other major libraries. Among his latest books are The World of Burning, Luna Bisonte Prods, 2017; Poemas visuales, con movimientos con ruidos con combinaciones (with Osvaldo Cibils), Deep White Sound, 2017; Olas Cursis, Luna Bisonte Prods, 2018, Dropped in the Dark Box, Luna Bisonte Prods, 2019, Leg Mist, Luna Bisonte Prods, 2019, and OJIJETE, Luna Bisonte Prods, 2020.

Jim Leftwich is a poet and essayist. He is the author of Dirt (Luna Bisonte Prods, 1995), Doubt (Potes & Poets, 2000), Death Text Books 1-9 (cPress & Vugg Books, 2005-2007), Six Months Aint No Sentence Books 1-187 (Differx Hosting@Box, 2011-2016), three volumes of essays entitled Rascible & Kempt Vols. 1 – 3 (Luna Bisonte Prods, 2016-2017), Containers Projecting Multitudes: Expositions on the Poetry of John M. Bennett (Luna Bisonte Prods, 2019), The Blue Seam (mOnocle-Lash Anti-Press, 2020), and Poetry Makes Things Happen: Poems, essays, texts, afterwords, blurbs, notes (Luna Bisonte Prods, 2021).