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k-punk

The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher (2004-2016)

Mark Fisher author Darren Ambrose author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Watkins Media Limited

Published:15th Nov '18

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Edited by Darren Ambrose and with a foreword by Simon Reynolds, this comprehensive collection brings together the work of acclaimed blogger, writer, political activist and lecturer Mark Fisher (aka k-punk). Covering the period 2004 - 2016, the collection will include some of the best writings from his seminal blog k-punk; a selection of his brilliantly insightful film, television and music reviews; his key writings on politics, activism, precarity, hauntology, mental health and popular modernism for numerous websites and magazines; his final unfinished introduction to his planned work on "Acid Communism"; and a number of important interviews from the last decade.

“Mark Fisher’s k-punk blogs were required reading for a generation”
The Guardian

“An essential guide to inventing a new world that makes sense for everyone”
Holly Herndon

“Fisher is the most trusted navigator of these times out of joint.”
David Peace

“A thrillingly creative critic.”
Sight & Sound

"A more interesting British writer has not appeared in this century."
— Irish Times

"A primer in how to write cultural criticism in the 21st century."
LA Review of Books

ISBN: 9781912248285

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

840 pages

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