Dennis Tedlock

About The Author

Dennis Tedlock (1939-2016) was the McNulty Professor of English and Research Professor of Anthropology at SUNY at Buffalo and a research associate at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. He and his wife, noted anthropologist Barbara Tedlock, were awarded the American Anthropological Association President's Award for their work and leadership for the journal American Anthropologist.

Books by Dennis Tedlock

The Olson Codex

Projective Verse and the Problem of Mayan Glyphs

By Dennis Tedlock
This exploration of the influence of Mayan hieroglyphics on the great American poet Charles Olson (1910–1970) is an important document in the history of New World verse. Olson spent six months in the Yucatan in 1951 studying Maya culture and language, an interlude that has been largely overlooked...
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An Archaeology of Architecture

Photowriting the Built Environment

By Dennis Tedlock
Foreword by Arthur Sze
Page by page, this book takes us on a journey through the built world that ranges from Greece to Guatemala and from New York to San Francisco. Tedlock practices what he calls photowriting, a creative process that brings photographer and writer together in the same person. It may be true enough th...
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