Stephen Benson is Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of Cycles of Influence (2002) and Literary Music (2006), editor of Contemporary Fiction and the Fairy Tale (2008), and co-editor of Creative Criticism (2014) and Writing the Field Recording (2018). Will Montgomery is Reader in Contemporary Poetry and Poetics at Royal Holloway, University of London.

• Editors’ introductionPreface: Field, John BergerPart I: Opening the Field1. Fields, theory, field theory: John Berger and Manfred Werder define a Field, Nicholas Melia2. The Nondescript, Stephen Benson3. Text-Score-Text, Will MontgomeryPart II: The Poetics of the Field4. Rubies Reddened by Rubies Reddening, Michael Pisaro5. Pitch Of Inhabiting: Thoughts on the Practice of Sound, Poetry and Virno’s ‘Accustomed Place’, Carol Watts6. Druids fielding questions: Eva-Maria Houben, Emily Dickinson and Charles Ives, Dominic Lash7. Field Recording as Writing: John Berger, Peter Gizzi and Juliana Spahr, Redell OlsenPart III: The Field in Practice8. Bittern Space, a siskin, Patrick Farmer9. Disquiet, Lisa Robertson10. Hedges, Daniela Cascella11. Stirrup Notes: Fragments on Listening, Jonathan Skinner.

What is the connection between a text, a score, an audio recording, and a plot of earth and sky – a site, location, or field? Writing the Field Recording considers these questions and relationships from myriad angles. These thought-provoking essays situate the burgeoning practice of field recording historically, artistically, philosophically, and scientifically, and, in the process, vastly expand and deepen the notion of site-specificity.

Stephen Benson is Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of Cycles of Influence (2002) and Literary Music (2006), editor of Contemporary Fiction and the Fairy Tale (2008), and co-editor of Creative Criticism (2014) and Writing the Field Recording (2018). Will Montgomery is Reader in Contemporary Poetry and Poetics at Royal Holloway, University of London.

• Editors’ introductionPreface: Field, John BergerPart I: Opening the Field1. Fields, theory, field theory: John Berger and Manfred Werder define a Field, Nicholas Melia2. The Nondescript, Stephen Benson3. Text-Score-Text, Will MontgomeryPart II: The Poetics of the Field4. Rubies Reddened by Rubies Reddening, Michael Pisaro5. Pitch Of Inhabiting: Thoughts on the Practice of Sound, Poetry and Virno’s ‘Accustomed Place’, Carol Watts6. Druids fielding questions: Eva-Maria Houben, Emily Dickinson and Charles Ives, Dominic Lash7. Field Recording as Writing: John Berger, Peter Gizzi and Juliana Spahr, Redell OlsenPart III: The Field in Practice8. Bittern Space, a siskin, Patrick Farmer9. Disquiet, Lisa Robertson10. Hedges, Daniela Cascella11. Stirrup Notes: Fragments on Listening, Jonathan Skinner.

What is the connection between a text, a score, an audio recording, and a plot of earth and sky – a site, location, or field? Writing the Field Recording considers these questions and relationships from myriad angles. These thought-provoking essays situate the burgeoning practice of field recording historically, artistically, philosophically, and scientifically, and, in the process, vastly expand and deepen the notion of site-specificity.

Stephen Benson is Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of Cycles of Influence (2002) and Literary Music (2006), editor of Contemporary Fiction and the Fairy Tale (2008), and co-editor of Creative Criticism (2014) and Writing the Field Recording (2018). Will Montgomery is Reader in Contemporary Poetry and Poetics at Royal Holloway, University of London.

• Editors’ introductionPreface: Field, John BergerPart I: Opening the Field1. Fields, theory, field theory: John Berger and Manfred Werder define a Field, Nicholas Melia2. The Nondescript, Stephen Benson3. Text-Score-Text, Will MontgomeryPart II: The Poetics of the Field4. Rubies Reddened by Rubies Reddening, Michael Pisaro5. Pitch Of Inhabiting: Thoughts on the Practice of Sound, Poetry and Virno’s ‘Accustomed Place’, Carol Watts6. Druids fielding questions: Eva-Maria Houben, Emily Dickinson and Charles Ives, Dominic Lash7. Field Recording as Writing: John Berger, Peter Gizzi and Juliana Spahr, Redell OlsenPart III: The Field in Practice8. Bittern Space, a siskin, Patrick Farmer9. Disquiet, Lisa Robertson10. Hedges, Daniela Cascella11. Stirrup Notes: Fragments on Listening, Jonathan Skinner.

What is the connection between a text, a score, an audio recording, and a plot of earth and sky – a site, location, or field? Writing the Field Recording considers these questions and relationships from myriad angles. These thought-provoking essays situate the burgeoning practice of field recording historically, artistically, philosophically, and scientifically, and, in the process, vastly expand and deepen the notion of site-specificity.