30 Sep
Harper’s Magazine online reports today that
the poetry market is also affected by the recent downturn in the market. Charles Bernstein proposes a “bailout plan”.
29 Sep
OULIPO is the “Workshop of Potential Literature”. This is a group of writers and mathematicians whose goal is not to create new literature, but to invent new forms of literature. These short videos should give a good introduction.
Comics for September 28, 2008 - Harker Home Repair
Novelist Robert Coover’s keynote address at the Electronic Literature in Europe seminar (elitineurope.net), September 13th, 2008. Introduced by Scott Rettberg.
22 Sep
There will be an exhibition of Jack Kerouac’s original manuscript for “On the Road”, at Columbia College in Chicago this fall. (Hopefully, this one will allow photographs.)
In conjunction with that, there will be another exhibition that “highlights the ongoing exploration of writers/artists in the area of experimental literature vis-a-vis artists’ books”.
Rather than focusing specifically on [...]
21 Sep
If you’ve ever wanted to learn about the state-of-the-art, when it comes to digitally archiving artworks and poetry on the internet, here’s a treat for you. “Digital Fever: Archiving Art and Poetry Online” is a critically-oriented (lengthy) discussion of digital media and the future of archiving, featuring alternating models for poetry and visual media currently [...]
Comics for September 21, 2008 - Obligation
Generative writing uses a system, such as a set of rules, a computer program, a machine, or other procedure, which is set into motion with some degree of autonomy resulting in a completed work of art.
The side of a barn, photographed aslant, with the raised letters of a poem running along each running stratum of board on a wide side of the building. The sun is sharp and harsh against the words.
It doesn’t take lights and circuits to create an “illuminated” manscript. The tradition goes way back. Here’s an interesting overview of that history, from the earliest printed books, to the latest digital recordings.
Comics for September 14, 2008 - Psycho Twinkie
Comics for September 7, 2008 - Man Down
In 2002, there was a big debate over the validity of experimental literature. It was sparked by an article in the New Yorker, September 30 2002, where "Jonathan Franzen writes about the career of William Gaddis, one of the most imposing modern novelists, and considers the question of whether a novel’s difficulty is related to [...]
Comics for September 1, 2008 - Company Man
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