January 8th, 2010
Dawn of the Literary Mash-up
Tags/ Posted by John LaddMy mouth is empty for you. You are the aspirin I am to take to possess the morning, to make the earth rotate left.continue reading this poem
The reading and writing of poetry and fiction is completely different today than it was ten or even five years ago. While we spent the past decade arguing over the ways new media have changed journalism, the way we read and talk about creative work has completely changed without nearly so much fanfare. Simply put, the participatory nature of the Internet has made it not only easy, but nearly effortless, to comment on a piece of creative work. What was once only the purview of a narrow in-group of critics and scholars is now accessible to the general public.
