>those YA writers
who made
spareness of line
look like
poetry.
The company Live Ink believes this in fact is a more efficient way to read prose. Look here to see what they’ve done with Moby-Dick.
>Maybe they were on to something,
May 15, 2007 By 9 Comments
About Roger SuttonRoger Sutton has been the editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc, since 1996. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his M.A. in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a B.A. from Pitzer College in 1978. Follow him on Twitter: @RogerReads.
>Makes my eyes water.
I’ll take the Barry Moser “Moby Dick”, thanks.
>What a fascinating notion– that the presentation of text in “cascading phrases” can make something more readable, more understandable– and suddenly poetry. I’m not sure I agree, but it certainly is intriguing, particularly in this text-filled medium of online reading. It seems to me that the novelty of it is part of the appeal. If all text were presented this way, then unbroken lines of language might seem refreshing! Interesting stuff, any way you slice it. Thanks for sharing.
Sylvia
>Mock if you like, but sports reporting has never before touched me quite like that New Jersey Blues story:
I felt good
I had control
And then wham
… they just crushed it.
>Isn’t this just Frog and Toad for grown-ups?
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>Does it help with politician speech?
I’m not
in favor
of his religion
by any means
But
he wrote a book
called
‘Battlefield Earth’
that
was
a
very
fun
science-fiction book.
>think of the paper costs to a publisher! or will they now print on adding-machine tape?
>How do they do poetry?
“so
much
de
pends
up
on
a
red
wheel
bar
row
glazed
with
rain
wat
er
be
side
the
white
chick
ens.”
>I found it intriguing, so went from the samples to the explanations. I quickly noticed that most of the conventionally formatted information was white type on black backgrounds, one of the very worst ways to read, print or screen. I suddenly couldn’t help but wonder if they were trying to induce temporary eyestrain so when you get to the samples they read better simply because your eyes have ceased to spasm.
>I do think
Without a blink
It’s all due
Entirely to
Website words
Edited by nerds
Who can’t rhyme
In metered time
Or catch a star
With metaphor.
Yes, yes, yes….doggerel, I know, but isn’t it so much more fun to read….what do you expect for three minutes’ work? Poetry?