Kenneth Goldsmith: The American Subject

By Kenneth Goldsmith

Larger-than-life figures clash with medical objectivity in Goldsmith's conceptual prose poems

In The American Subject, Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961) transcribes historical autopsy reports of famous and infamous American figures, from Abraham Lincoln to Marilyn Monroe, revealing a rich linguistic panorama of postmortem descriptions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2365681409
• ISBN13: 9782365681407
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: Jbe Books
• Length: 220 Pages