Monthly Archive: September, 2011

September 30, 2011

It's Not Plagiarism. In the Digital Age, It's Repurposing — Kenneth Goldsmith on Uncreative Writing

Earlier this month, the Chronicle of Higher Education posted the introduction to Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age, by Kenneth Goldsmith. Not surprisingly, the piece drew a lot of comments both negative and positive and was cited and...

September 30, 2011

Interview with Diana Lobel, author of The Quest for God and the Good

“We need to get away from the popular caricature of God as an old man in the sky seated upon a throne.”—Diana Lobel The following is an interview with Diana Lobel, author of The Quest for God and the Good:...

September 29, 2011

Interview with Kenneth Goldsmith, author of Uncreative Writing

The following is an interview with Kenneth Goldsmith, author of Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age: Q: You teach a course fittingly enough and intriguingly called “uncreative writing.” What do more conventional creative writing courses fail to do?...

September 28, 2011

Kenneth Goldsmith and UbuWeb

In addition to being the author of Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age, Kenneth Goldsmith is also the creator and curator of UbuWeb. Started in 1996, UbuWeb has become one of the leading resources for modernist, avant-garde, and...

September 28, 2011

Gertrude Stein & Fascism: Interview with Barbara Will, author of Unlikely Collaboration

The following in an interview with Barbara Will, author of Unlikely Collaboration: Gertrude Stein, Bernard Faÿ, and the Vichy Dilemma Question: Why the title Unlikely Collaboration? What is the book trying to argue through this title? Barbara Will: When most...

September 27, 2011

Kenneth Goldsmith, author of Uncreative Writing, Interviewed by Bomb

“Writing has to … reimagine what it can be in the digital age.”—Kenneth Goldsmith This week we will be featuring Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age, by Kenneth Goldsmith, and we begin with a recently published interview in...

September 27, 2011

New Book Tuesday

Afterness: Figures of Following in Modern Thought and Aesthetics Gerhard Richter New Battlefields/Old Laws: Critical Debates on Asymmetric Warfare Edited by William C. Banks This Incredible Need to Believe (Now available in paper) Julia Kristeva Policing Economic Crime in Russia:...

September 27, 2011

Geoffrey Kabat on Cell Phones and Climate Change

“We … need to rely on scientists and health agencies to use logic, analytic rigor, and clear language to assess what things are worth worrying about.”—Geoffrey Kabat Geoffrey Kabat, author of Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and...

September 23, 2011

Interview with Avidan Milevsky, author of Sibling Relationships in Childhood and Adolescence

The following is an interview with Avidan Milevsky, author of Sibling Relationships in Childhood and Adolescence: Predictors and Outcomes Question: Why is it important to learn about sibling relationships? Avidan Milevsky: There are several reasons why research on siblings is...

September 22, 2011

James Powell: Science Denialism Is Not Free, Part II

“Science denial, when projected from the level of the state, can cost millions, even scores of millions, of lives.”—James Powell This the second part of James Powell’s series on science denialism. You can read the first post here. James Powell...

September 21, 2011

Zero and Other Fictions by Huang Fan Featured on Three Percent

Three Percent, one of the best resources for fiction in translation, is featuring Zero and Other Fictions, by Huang Fan as part of their weekly Read This Next section. Their focus on Huang Fan’s Zero and Other Fictions includes a...

September 21, 2011

More Free Books! Win 20 Pounds of Columbia University Press!

The contest is now closed. Thanks to everyone for writing in and keep checking for more book giveaways in the coming weeks. We have some good news for you! We just collected more books—ten more boxes of books. The first...