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I read over on the Bookslut blog that some people appear to be more than a little annoyed over the recent poetic fad/movement/whatever of flarf, which often consists of send-ups of Google searches. The result is a kind of verbal collage. Apparently the Dickenson English department succeeded in denying tenure to a psychology professor and flarf enthusiast.
As a former academician myself I'm less interested in the typically weird academic politics involved than in the flarf movement (if that's the proper term), which reminds me a little of Andy Warhol's efforts.
Any flarfists out there who think this is the Next Big Thing in literature, or is the point that there ought not to be a Next Big Thing? Apparently the thing began as a spoof of poetry.com, which is funny in itself.
As a former academician myself I'm less interested in the typically weird academic politics involved than in the flarf movement (if that's the proper term), which reminds me a little of Andy Warhol's efforts.
Any flarfists out there who think this is the Next Big Thing in literature, or is the point that there ought not to be a Next Big Thing? Apparently the thing began as a spoof of poetry.com, which is funny in itself.
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