A significant intervention into recent debates on the place of literature and writing in the context of contemporary art. Featuring essays on the highs and lows of the conceptual turn in poetics, avant-garde literary genealogies, and monographic pieces on Paul B. Preciado, Chris Kraus, and
Pierre Guyotat, among others,
Brutalist Readings explores the radical histories of writing, as well as its potential now.
John Douglas Millar is a London-based writer and critic.