James Ducat “A Field of Nopes” book out now on Bamboo Dart Press

James Ducat’s new book of black out poetry is a collection of rejection letters that he has transformed into an equally funny and dark book. “A Field of Nopes” features both the original black out poems laid side by side next to the script for each poem. A Field of Nopes will touch anyone who has …

James Ducat trailer for “A Field of Nopes” book on Bamboo Dart Press premieres

James Ducat’s new book of blackout poems is a mostly lighthearted, occasionally philosophical journey through selected application and rejection materials from the many teaching jobs he applied for a decade back but did not get. These poems quietly blast through the wall of mystique surrounding rejection. Drawing from redacted official letters and other application materials, …