{"product_id":"the-american-subject-by-kenneth-goldsmith","title":"The American Subject by Kenneth Goldsmith","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe American Subject\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKenneth Goldsmith\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e12,5 × 19 cm\u003cbr\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover, silver pantone\u003cbr\u003eRelease: July 2026\u003cbr\u003eEnglish edition\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-2-36568-140-7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe JBE Books Readings series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Readings series brings together key texts by authors and artists—some previously unpublished, others extracts from previously published art books—which are presented here in a format designed specifically for reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBlending true crime, American history, and conceptual poetry, The American Subject is the dramatic sequel to Goldsmith’s bestselling Seven American Deaths and Disasters. Drawing on medical examiner and police investigation reports, its twenty-four prose poems meticulously examine the postmortem bodies of American political figures, religious leaders, and celebrities, from Abraham Lincoln to Kurt Cobain. In doing so, Goldsmith constructs an alternative American history—one inscribed upon the bodies themselves rather than in the public events that conventionally define the past. Extending his earlier investigations in uncreative writing, these texts pose provocative questions of authorship, witness, and style, further expanding the boundaries of what literature can be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eThe Subjects: Iconic American figures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbraham Lincoln, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBonnie Parker and Clyde \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarrow, \u003c\/b\u003eBuddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, \u003cb\u003eMarilyn Monroe, \u003c\/b\u003eJohn F. Kennedy, \u003cb\u003eMalcolm X, \u003c\/b\u003eRobert F. Kennedy Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, Steven Parent, Voyteck Frykowski, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring and Sharon Tate, \u003cb\u003eJanis Joplin, \u003c\/b\u003eJim Morrison, Twelve Elvises, Jim Jones, John Belushi, Karen Carpenter, L. Ron Hubbard, Kurt Cobain, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, Anna Nicole Smith, \u003cb\u003eMichael Jackson, \u003c\/b\u003eWhitney Houston, Michael Brown, \u003cb\u003eRobin Williams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"JBE Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54399975063898,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0048\/1142\/3778\/files\/TAS-SITE.jpg?v=1783523224","url":"https:\/\/www.jbe-books.com\/products\/the-american-subject-by-kenneth-goldsmith","provider":"JBE Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}