Tuesday, July 06, 2010

News at Eleven: In the new poetry, I see a fascinating

confidence in switching viewpoints very quickly, in mid-sentence practically. So there's a speeding up of changing viewpoints and expressions that comes from technology speeding us up and the fact that you can keep several screens open at a time and divide your attention. The narratives are getting faster and are having more interruptions because we can tolerate interruption.

from Smithsonian Maganzine: Rita Dove on the Future of Literature

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