Editing Bill Bissett (section)

==Art and poetry==
Bissett uses unusual [[orthography]] and incorporates visual elements in his printed poetry, and his performance of "concrete sound" poetry, [[sound effect]]s, chanting, [[barefoot]] [[dance|dancing]] and playing a [[maraca]] during his poetry readings. Frank Davey described him as "rejecting the conventional or 'straight' world [...] not only in lifestyle but in ruthless alterations to conventional syntax and spelling."<ref name="Davey49" />  Themes in his work range from the mystical to the mundane, incorporating humour, sentimentality, and political commentary. He often does not capitalise his name or use capital letters. He has had large exhibits of his paintings.<ref name=allmusic /> In ''[[the Paris Review]]'', [[Jack Kerouac]] called Bill Bissett one of "the great poets."<ref>{{Cite journal|date=Summer 1968|title=Jack Kerouac, The Art of Fiction No. 41|url=http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4260/the-art-of-fiction-no-41-jack-kerouac|journal=The Paris Review|volume=Summer 1968 |issue=43 |access-date=January 12, 2015|last1=Berrigan |first1=Interviewed by Ted }}</ref>