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<b>Visual cues from works of literature, poetics, and prominent writers.</b> <p>At a cultural moment when images are arguably placing increased pressure on the written word, <i>Aperture</i>'s "Lit" issue looks at the many relationships between photography and writing by considering photography projects that take cues from works of literature, play with image-text pairings and poetics, or were in fact produced by prominent writers, such as <b>William S. Burroughs, Kobo Abe</b> and <b>Herve Guibert</b>, who all moonlighted as photographers. The issue features an impressive line up of contemporary writers offering their views on photography, including <b>Teju Cole, Tom McCarthy, Mary Gaitskill, Heidi Julavits, Geoff Dyer</b> and <b>Janet Malcolm</b>, as well as Pulitzer Prize winning poets <b>John Ashbury</b> and <b>Richard Howard</b>, among many others.