The three forms of Pankus: 9 words,, 9 x, Epic Pankus: 9 stanzas, 9 lines, 9 words per line
Elizabeth Sophia Strauss created Pankus (pan for Deadpan, zir spoken word artist name: Deadpan Lizzie: The Beanie God) for those who say they struggle with writer's block. This collection of Pankus also documents Elizabeth's diary of a nervous breakdown in two months; how zir brain could only say so much in some many words.
"Elizabeth Sophia Strauss creates the form, Panku, to draw her own lines from real estate to nervous breakdowns. She invites us to draw our lines as well when daily writing bestows importance in everyday things: beanies, injuries, bullies, sex toys, work, wisdom, NYC, cuisine... This book is a nine-word trail that brings deadpan humor to light, where it writhes then says, "Okay."
- Elaine C. Hill , M.A., Author of Sing Home Back to Me (2021) & A Thousand Small (2020)
The three forms of Pankus: 9 words,, 9 x, Epic Pankus: 9 stanzas, 9 lines, 9 words per line
Elizabeth Sophia Strauss created Pankus (pan for Deadpan, zir spoken word artist name: Deadpan Lizzie: The Beanie God) for those who say they struggle with writer's block. This collection of Pankus also documents Elizabeth's diary of a nervous breakdown in two months; how zir brain could only say so much in some many words.
"Elizabeth Sophia Strauss creates the form, Panku, to draw her own lines from real estate to nervous breakdowns. She invites us to draw our lines as well when daily writing bestows importance in everyday things: beanies, injuries, bullies, sex toys, work, wisdom, NYC, cuisine... This book is a nine-word trail that brings deadpan humor to light, where it writhes then says, "Okay."
- Elaine C. Hill , M.A., Author of Sing Home Back to Me (2021) & A Thousand Small (2020)