Riffing on Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer, Part 2: Does a Hotdog Have Meat in It?
previously: The next day Tess announced that she was a vegetarian. Which brings me to our trip to the San Francisco Exploratorium and the day I almost lied to her. Tess and I had wandered through half of the science exhibits and demonstrations. She was fascinated, which made me happy as I had dreamed of [...]
April 20, 2010
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Part I: Chabon’s Maps and Legends and Hayle’s Electronic Literature meet Two-Bit Words and Pygmy Musicians
During an online reading conference, for which I was the discussion leader (have I mentioned that I am about to complete an MFA in new media writing from Antioch University? – more on that later), several complained about the use of “obscure” vocabulary words by Michael Chabon in his book of essays, Maps and Legends: [...]
October 4, 2009
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Riffing on John D’Agata’s The Next American Essay
New Media Riff On Next American Essay This interactive new media file is too big for me to post here on the main blog page. Go ahead and click on the animation text title above, and it will take you to a page housing the piece.
August 23, 2009
Tags: Ballet, book review, electronic literature, Farce Double, Harry Matthews, John D'Agata, John McPhee, new media author Terry Bailey, new media book review, Red Shoes, Susan Griffin, The Next American Essay, The Red Shoes, The Search for Marvin Gardens Posted in: Book Riffs No Comments
Pasadena Thai Lunch with Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
What better way to start my new media book riffing than with a Thai outdoor lunch in PasadenaВ and Jonathan Safran Foer’s wonderful book, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – a book that stands on the cusp between traditional text writing and the multimedia books of the future. I took myself to this Thai lunch [...]
August 7, 2009
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