The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide

Not enough tattoos The literary world is vast. People with tattoos are extremely numerous. I was hoping this book would be a plethora of examples of how these two worlds collide. I was disappointed that it was so short and there weren't that many tattoo examples. I bought this as a Kindle book, which was fine for viewing the pictures. I suggest going to a book store and taking 5-10 minutes to go through the whole book and be done with it.. Val A. said Nice little book of tattoos. This is a neat little book. I didn't find any tattoo inspirations in it, but the pictures are lovely and the stories behind them fun to read. I did find a couple of the tattoos themselves to be quite inspirational, and added the pictures to my vision board. Overall, I am glad I purchased this book.. "Easy, Enjoyable and Beautiful - Perfect for the Hopeless Romantic" according to Todd Buster Paris. Conceptually, I LOVE the idea of this book. Pre-ordering it I had those butterflies in my stomach and couldn't wait to get it. It did NOT disappoint.For tattoo fans, this book has some nice pictures and more importantly, very interesting stories about tattoos inspired by literature. For you fans of literary works, this will absolutely be thrilling, entertaining and fun to see well to see the words made flesh.This is a great book for the hopeless romantic, the tattoo enthusiast, and/or for the literary buff - as well as anyone who enjoys asking the que

Her short story "The Cranes" was cited as Notable Nonrequired Reading in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 (Dave Eggers, ed.).Justin Taylor is the author of the story collection Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever and the novel The Gospel of Anarchy. He lives in New York City.. Eva Talmadge's fiction has appeared in The New York Tyrant, The Agriculture Reader, New Orleans Review, and Subtropics, among other p

With beloved lines of verse, literary portraits, and illustrations—and statements from the bearers on their tattoos' history and the personal significance of the chosen literary work—The Word Made Flesh is part collection of photographs and part literary anthology written on skin.. From the Back CoverThe Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide is a guide to the emerging subculture of literary tattoos—a collection of more than 150 full-color photographs of human epidermis indelibly adorned with quotations and illustrations from Dickinson to Pynchon, from Shakespeare to Plath

. A beautifully packaged full-color collection of literary tattoos and short personal essays, The Word Made Flesh is an intimate but anonymous confessional book, in the vein of thought-provoking anthologies like PostSecret and Not Quite What I Was Planning. Gorgeous photographs and candid commentary are collected by authors Eva Talmadge—whose short story “The Cranes” was cited as Notable Nonrequired Reading of 2008 in Dave Eggers’ Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009—and Justin Taylor, author of Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever, and editor of the acclaimed short fiction anthology, The Apocalypse Reader