Modern Matter #21A 2025 picture book ‘Mise en Abyme’ includes an

‘Mise en Abyme’ includes an essay by Carsten Tabel

Taras ­- who makes a living driving kidney-stone patients over cobblestones in his ancient Opel Vectra – is courting Darka

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is the book in which Claudia Rankine first developed the ‘American Lyric’ form which makes her Forward Prize-winning collection Citizen so distinctive: an original combination of poetry

Modern Matter #21A 2025 picture book ‘Mise en Abyme’ includes anThis edition unfolds across three registersSmall (170 100mm), Medium (200 270mm), and Large (305 540mm) where size is not merely a format but a framework. A works dimensions are inseparable from its impact: the compact draws us in, the measured offers legibility, the vast overpowers. As scale expands or contracts, so does our relationship to the object, the space, and the idea. Modern Matter is a biannual publication that records the ways in which new