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Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide
HarperCollins
October 2010
On Sale: October 12, 2010
192 pages ISBN: 0061997404 EAN: 9780061997402 Paperback
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The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide is a guide to the emerging subculture of literary tattoosβa collection of more than 150 full-color photographs of human epidermis indelibly adorned with quotations and illustrations from Dickinson to Pynchon, from Shakespeare to Plath. With beloved lines of verse, literary portraits, and illustrationsβand statements from the bearers on their tattoos' history and the personal significance of the chosen literary workβThe Word Made Flesh is part collection of photographs and part literary anthology written on skin.
 Media BuzzOn Point - October 12, 2010
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