![]() ![]() ![]() Lesy, Warren Sussman writes in the book's introduction, used philosopher Walter Benjamin's proposition of producing a work consisting entirely of quotations as a method of inquiry. In his book published in 1973, Lesy identified history(s) or specifically a 19th-century Wisconsin story never told until he used photographs as "quotations" intermingled with journalistic text to "transform them like light focused by a lens on paper, from a lower form of energy to a higher." Remixing photographs from the W isconsin Historical Society visual archive by Black River Falls photographer Charles Van Schaick (circa 1890s) and snippets from newspaper articles (1885-1900) by Frank Cooper from the Badger State Banner, Lesy transports the contemporary reader to specific time and place where the vibe can felt even smelled. The portrayal of Wisconsin in Wisconsin Death Trip by Michael Lesy, now a professor of Literary Journalism at Hampshire College, shows us "subjectivities" in storytelling. ![]()
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