ULULU (Clown Shrapnel)

1. Marketing and publicity efforts will extend to the poetics and transgressive fiction fan-base that Field's work has already established and reach beyond it to target music, performance, and theater communities, especially in New York and Chicago, that are open to the experimentation, "wildness," and the artistry that this book offers. 2. Additional marketing will include internet advertising and a large galley mailing focusing on lit blogs, alternative weeklies, theater and cultural studies publications, art magazines, poetics journals, and adventurous independent booksellers. 3. We'll promote the book at all major academic conferences. Tour: New York, NY; Boulder, CO; and more TBA.

An imaginative triumph, this carnivalesque narrative brings the history of an archetypal stage character to life.Like nothing you’ve read before, this exhilarating narrative follows the storyline of Alban Berg’s famously unfinished opera Lulu and explores the history of the commedia, particularly the Pierrot figure from its first inception through its final manifestation as the English clown. Famous historical figures (like Jack the Ripper!) and artists from the late 19th and early 20th centuries also make appearances. Presented in a beautiful, yet affordable 1,500 copy limited edition featuring cover art by Gustav Klimt, original and treated film stills from award-winning filmmaker Bill Morrison, and illustrations from artist Abbot Stranahan, this book should reach beyond fans of avant-garde fiction and find an audience among film, opera, and theater buffs as well as book and art collectors.