One of my projects this summer is mentoring my student Mike Gálvez, who won an ATP research grant to make a series of short documentaries whilst on the Great American Road Trip with his buddy Trevor. One of the books we're reading this summer as part of his foundational research is Jack Kerouac's On the Road. And this time through, as I read this at HOME in my HOUSE that looks over a GOLF COURSE (what would JK say?!), I find myself using the Internet to make the book more of a hypertext: MySpace pulls up tracks like Charlie Parker's "Orinthology" (1946); Google Maps bring up towns like Ogallala, NE in an instant.
So now I just need to find the origins of the phrase "Pisscall!" on Wikipedia...
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The internet has definitely (first time I spelled that word write) added a new dimension to literature. But I embrace it. Look at the Amazon kindle books, the Sony book, Ipod Audiobooks etc. It helps expose people to the world of literature that can help keep up with technology. Imagine if Keourac (not spelled rite) had a blog. I think that the written word, literature and all forms of it are so important, but honestly I hate the old way of reading text on a page. Part of it is my eyes are so bad (see glasses) that I cannot read well. BUT I can listen. I have audiobook fever, especially where I can hear the actual author read his work like George Carlin, or Bill Shakespeare. I get a new medium to explore awesome work like Hunter S. Thompson.
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