Heartways: The Exploits of Genny O

Heartways, a collaboration between the Whitney Museum of American Art, Printed Matter, Inc., and Arsenal Pulp Press through its ArsenalAdvance imprint, is a faux romance compilation that deconstructs art, -literature, sex, and desire in one fell swoop. Emulating a “novel,” each chapter is written by a different contributor, all of whom create romantic tableaux that simultaneously work within and outside literary conventions.

Heartways is the turgid, winsome tale of Genny O, a youthful innoce...