Table of Forms

A messy writing table is important.

"A wonderfully specific and witful inventory of “forms”
in all senses and sizes. This is the pro model, believe me.
— Robert Creeley, 2005

Review by Doug Nufer in
American Book Review (2008)

Review by Joseph Dewey in
Review of Contemporary Fiction (2007)

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Dominique Fitzpatrick-O'Dinn
© 1996-2007 Spineless Books

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Bridging the sonnet and palindrome through a rich taxonomy of new literary forms, Table of Forms is a collection of experimental, ludic, constraint-driven poetry; a puzzle book; and a writing manual. Dominique Fitzpatrick-O'Dinn and her skilled team of collaborators have created the most comprehensive survey of noncanonical poetic techniques since the Oulipo Compendium. Offering myriad reading paths, this multisequential anthology includes a Table of Contents, Table of Forms, Glossary of Forms, and a matrix on the back cover. As every form implies myriad undiscovered forms. More than a catalog of writing techniques, Table of Forms is a system of creating new poetic structures that points the way to an endless variety of new literary experiments. Table of Forms is a laboratory that makes readers writers.