{"product_id":"the-householders-robert-duncan-and-jess-the-mit-press-9780262042710","title":"The Householders  Robert Duncan and Jess The MIT","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the poet Robert Duncan and the artist Jess made the household part of their separate and collaborative creative practice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I'm a householder,” the poet Robert Duncan once explained. “My whole idea of being able to work was to have a household.” In this book, Tara McDowell examines the household (physical and conceptual) that Duncan established with the artist Jess, beginning in 1951 when the two men exchanged marriage vows, and ending with Duncan's death in 1988. For Duncan and Jess, the household—rather than the studio, gallery, or collective—provided the support structure for their art. Indeed, McDowell argues convincingly, their work was coextensive with their household. The material surroundings of their house in San Francisco and the daily rhythms of their domestic lives became part of their creative practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuncan wrote poetry that is romantic, ornate, and obscure; Jess (born Burgess Franklin Collins) created multi-imaged,\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524679410007,"sku":"9780262042710","price":24.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780262042710.jpg?v=1731857718","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-householders-robert-duncan-and-jess-the-mit-press-9780262042710","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}