Synopses & Reviews
Poetry. Literary Nonfiction. TEN WALKS/TWO TALKS combines a series of sixty-minute, sixty-sentence walks around Manhattan with a pair of roving dialogues--one of which takes place during a late-night "philosophical" ramble through Central Park. Mapping 21st-century New York, Cotner and Fitch update the meandering and meditative form of Basho's travel diaries to construct a descriptive/dialogic fugue.
About the Author
Jon Cotner is one of the co-authors of TEN WALKS/TWO TALKS (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010). Along with Andy Fitch, his co-writer, he recently completed another collaborative manuscript called CONVERSATIONS OVER STOLEN FOOD. Cotner lives in New York City. Andy Fitch is the co-author of TEN WALKS/TWO TALKS (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010). He and his co-writer, Jon Cotner, recently completed another collaborative manuscript called CONVERSATIONS OVER STOLEN FOOD. Cotner and Fitch have performed their dialogic improvisations across the United States and internationally. Fitch's book NOT INTELLIGENT, BUT SMART: RETHINKING JOE BRAINARD is forthcoming from Dalkey Archive. He is an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming's MFA Program.