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rants, raves, and writings by Dylan Kinnett

The Validity of Experimenal Literature

In 2002, there was a big debate over the validity of experimental literature. It was sparked by an article in the New Yorker, September 30 2002, where "

Radical Small-Press Writing

Aside from the Modernist Journals Project, it can be difficult to see online copies of the small-press publications where much of the experimental literature has happened over the past century or so.

Dreaming Methods' Digital Storytelling

Dreaming Methods is a website that features some of the best digital storytelling on the internet. With an archive of more than 20 works of interactive literature, it is a great place to learn about digital literature.

Vispo in The World

Repugno Selects is a new blogzine for visual poetry / word art / text objects "" as they intervene in the world. Each issue, Repugno the editor, gives us an interesting collection of graffiti, and things like graffiti to enjoy. His criteria: the visual poetry cannot appear on a page. Instead, the art featured ere is printed on brick walls, tacked onto phone booths, and discovered in alleyways. Repugno calls this kind of stuff "Vispo in the World". (Vispo, of course, is short for "visual poetry".) The criteria for Repugno Selects also serves as a good definition of what is meant by "Vispo in the World". Read on.

The First Ever Flux-Olympiad at the Tate Modern

In honor of the Olympics this summer, we bring you this amusing tidbit, The Flux-Olympiad. Founding Fluxus artist George Maciunas (1931 "" 1978) conceived the idea of a Flux-Olympiad in the 1960s but this event was never realized until Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall housed the first ever Flux-Olympiad, a series of flux-sports events over the three-day arts festival on the 23-26 May, 2008.

Visual Poetry in the Avant Writing Collection

Recently, The Avant Writing Collection has published a catalog of visual poetry, Visual Poetry in the Avant Writing Collection. It includes many samples from the collection, along with critical writing.

Approaches to the New Poetics

Ron Silliman is afraid of getting into trouble for saying it, but he done said it anyhow. He sees some interesting parallels between the new poetry today and the poetry that was new in the 1950’s .

National Poetry Slam 2008

Poets and spoken word performers from all over the United States are getting ready for the National Poetry Slam this August. Among them, Baltimore’s own slam poetry team, from the Slamicide poetry slam.

Spoken Word from the Bending Corners Podcast

Check out this recorded mix from the Bending Corners Podcast: an exploration of poetry, scat, spoken word, cadence, and even rap in jazz-n-groove. From jazz scat and spoken word to reggae, afro-funk and early jazz rap in the 70’s right on thru to the modern phusion of jazz, cadence, and electronics.

Submission Tracking for Writers

One of the most important business skills a writer needs is the ability to track the submission process. There’s a maxim out there, variously attributed, which says: “serious writers should keep their work in circulation until it either sells or the ink wears off”.