Noigandres

Antonio Sergio Bessa holds a Ph.D. from the Steinhardt School of Education, New York University. For sixteen years he worked as the Director of Curatorial and Education Programs at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, in addition to teaching at the School of Visual Arts and Columbia University's Teachers College. A scholar of concrete poetry, Bessa is the author of OEyvind Fahlstroem - The Art of Writing, co-editor of Novas - Selected Writings of Haroldo de Campos, and editor of Mary Ellen Solt - Towards a Theory of Concrete Poetry and Paulo Bruscky: Poesia Viva.

"Bessa persuasively situates the Noigandres group--the missing link between Modernism and the poetics of our digital age--within an artistic and philosophical lineage. Providing an accessible and incisive summary of the theoretical background and the particular cultural conditions of post-war Brazil, Bessa's book is the ideal guide for understanding this novel, challenging, and important poetry."---Craig Dworkin, author of The Sound of Thinking: A Listener's Companion to Conceptual Music "Bessa renews our understanding of the Noigandres poets. His readings, with an eye on contemporary concerns, will introduce the movement to new generation of scholars."---Marilia Librandi, author of Writing by Ear: Clarice Lispector and the Aural Novel