September 17, 2009

Creepy

 

Last week I mentioned Electric Literature, a new lit journal that’s distributing in several different formats, like iPhone (which I have) and e-book, simultaneously, as well as print. They’re getting more press on that than the stories, but the stories are good too. But what has set Electric Literature apart in my mind is these videos they’ve commissioned to accompany their stories. The first one I saw, on Jim Shepard’s “Your Fate Hurtles Down at You” was interesting enough, but then today I saw two more. These two are depictions – no, not actually depictions, but interpretations – of a single sentence from a story. One from Lydia Millet’s story “Sir Henry” (from her excellent collection that I’m currently reading) and another from Michael Cunningham’s “Olympia.” It’s just creepy! At least for me, the father of twin boys who is sometimes shocked at how brutal toddlers can be to one another – they bite. So maybe this just struck a nerve with me, but at any rate I absolutely love the idea of presenting just one sentence this way.

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It’s exciting to watch how literature is beginning to utilize more diverse mediums– the videos, the internet, hyper-texting etc.  But probably what’s most exciting, and will end up being the main contribution to literature, is when e-books become the norm and all of these resources can be incorporated into the actual book, as opposed to the book being one thing and what goes on in the internet another.  It will all be rolled into the actual ‘text’.  Very exciting.

    – brian (09/17 10:51 AM)



Fantastic and terrifying.

    – Anne Fernald (09/21 02:42 PM)


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Sorry to leave a comment on an old post, Bud, but I’m getting ready to buy the Shorter OED and wanted to thank you for bringing it to my attention.

– Maud
on “The Literary iPhone”

Fantastic and terrifying.

– Anne Fernald
on “Creepy”

It’s exciting to watch how literature is beginning to utilize more diverse mediums– the videos, the internet, hyper-texting etc.  But probably what’s most exciting, and will end up being the main contribution to literature, is when e-books become the norm and all of these resources can be incorporated into the actual book, as opposed to the book being one thing and what goes on in the internet another.  It will all be rolled into the actual ‘text’.  Very exciting.

– brian
on “Creepy”