James Elkins
News:
Latest book: What Heaven Looks Like.
Passed the 300,000 word mark on my novel. Writing every day! It has illustrations; some are posted on Instagram.
Please use the contact form to schedule lectures, studio visits, or seminars. I'm using Academia.edu as a message board. See Lectures page for my travel schedule.
Latest uploads:
The book Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles?; the book How to Use Your Eyes; and an essay on the complicity between torture and formal analysis. (There is also a website with reviews of contemporary piano music.)
Live Writing Projects:
I am experimenting with writing live on the internet. These texts update live, and you can contribute to them & be thanked when the book is published. (1) What is Interesting Writing in Art History?, (2) Writing with Images. Thanks everyone for contributing!
Books, essays, and works in progress. Download sample chapters as PDFs.
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Academic Books Article Count: 14
Trade Books Article Count: 8
Essays Article Count: 26
Experimental writing Article Count: 8
Since 2010 I have been working on a fiction project.
