Comments on: Craigslist Fiction and Iranian Food

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:03:26 +0000

Thanks Marianna. It’s funny: the novel is this wonderful reading experience and there’s nothing quite like it. But, at the same time, there is something wonderful about digestible creativity that can be an unexpected addition to your day.

By: Marianna Paulson

Marianna Paulson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:33:56 +0000

I’ve always been a fan of the novel…never the short-story and certainly not poetry.

Amazing how things change when you take away the “I don’t like…” and just stay open to what unfolds.

You and Kayt, both in your own ways, have seeded my garden of reading with some new plants. Different is good. Different keeps things interesting.

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By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:14:17 +0000

Kayt—I’ve often felt that good prose poetry and microfiction are almost synonymous. There’s always the debate about whether a particular piece is “story”-enough (to be fiction > poetry), but in the end: compelling is compelling, right?

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:11:24 +0000

Casper—it’s almost shocking what people write if you treat web 2.0 like creative writing, if you look past the utility of the transactions to the stories underneath.

By: Kayt

Kayt — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:43 +0000

your discussion of the power of spare, precise writing here is excellent, and to me it points to one of the essential facets of poetry – being able to convey what is there without need for the explicit – while not often achieved, I would say it is one of the highest forms of the art – in fact your iranian food piece seems like ‘micro’ prose-poetry to me :-)

By: Casper McFadden

Casper McFadden — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:41:20 +0000

You have made me pause and consider. Interestingly enough, though familiar with Craigslist, I’ve never actually checked it out until tonight. And what I’ve found is that there is beauty in few words.