{"id":63430,"date":"2024-11-22T12:40:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T17:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=63430"},"modified":"2024-11-22T12:40:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T17:40:33","slug":"buckminster-fullers-versified-prose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2024\/11\/buckminster-fullers-versified-prose.html","title":{"rendered":"Buckminster Fuller&#8217;s Versified Prose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>In case anybody is interested, this is what appears<br> when randomly opened to page 45 of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/servlet\/BookDetailsPL?bi=31961464308&amp;searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3Dand%2Bit%2Bcame%2Bto%2Bpass%2Bbuckminster%2Bfuller%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17&amp;cm_sp=snippet-_-srp0-_-image1#&amp;gid=1&amp;pid=1\">And It Came to Pass \u2014 Not to Stay<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full 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