Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Twitter Literature.... Twitterature?

Rick Moody (author of The Ice Storm), who appears tomorrow, Thursday, July 26 in Saratoga caused something of a stir in 2009 when he wrote the world's first short story in the form of Twitter tweets.

The story, "Some Contemporary Characters," is available only by subscription to the journal Electric Literature, but here is a line drawing video inspired by one sentence in that story:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anaHMP7PUM4

Moody will share the stage with novelist Francin Prose, tomorrow, 7/26, 8PM, Davis Audiorium, Palamountain Hall, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga. Free.

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