In Bruno Neiva’s Close Wreading, the thirteen poems analysed in Practical Criticism: A Study of Literary Judgment by I. A. Richards are reanalysed using only words from the original poems. Each of Neiva’s responses are small poetic morsels, averaging a half-dozen words each. The Blasted Tree has produced a limited edition of fifty chapbooks bound into cloud grey parchment covers with a metallic grey flyleaf. Close Wreading can be enjoyed online or purchased from The Blasted Tree’s online store.