does this mean comics are homo prose?
one day in one of my writing workshops
a student known for his spoken-word
showed us a piece he'd actually
taken the time to type up.
when asked to read it aloud
he said "i don't usually do
readings of my page poetry."
my teacher asked "so, page poetry...
can i add that to the list with
acoustic guitar and snail mail?"
although i now know that page poetry
doesn't strictly qualify as a retronym,
the literary example i ripped out
of the the guardian this morning
blows it out of the water anyway.
the ad that seems to be
clearly for a really bad
(in my adventures, by now
i should have lost a leg, an eye,
and my sense of fun.)
graphic novel,
but, look carefully,
in the small type
at the very bottom
there's a disclaimer:
STRAIGHT PROSE --
but you'll picture every page for yourself.
posted by self_invasion | 2:00 PM
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if that isn't bad enough,
follow the link to the "short film"
a ridiculous 10 second clip
featuring even less text than the
fake graphic novel ad, narrated
over a computer animated
black and white shot
of a headless boy.
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