January 6th, 2010 / 6:39 pm
Craft Notes & Snippets

You may know the backstory of Ben Marcus’s book The Age of Wire and String—that it was written with the help of Stith Thompson’s Motif Index of Folk-Literature. Did you know the entire thing is online? If so, why the fuck didn’t you tell me?

16 Comments

  1. alec niedenthal

      Whoa, cool. I read Notable American Women recently and liked Wire and String a good deal more.

  2. alec niedenthal

      Whoa, cool. I read Notable American Women recently and liked Wire and String a good deal more.

  3. Matthew Simmons

      The Flame Alphabet, I understand, will appear in mid-2010.

  4. Matthew Simmons

      The Flame Alphabet, I understand, will appear in mid-2010.

  5. Amber

      You have just made my month. Thank you!

  6. Amber

      You have just made my month. Thank you!

  7. magick mike

      i did not know the back story of Age of Wire and String. is it in an interview or something online somewhere?

  8. magick mike

      i did not know the back story of Age of Wire and String. is it in an interview or something online somewhere?

  9. Jack Boettcher
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  11. Jack Boettcher

      Also start at 22:00 if you want to “hear” the question leading. Here, here!

  12. Jack Boettcher

      Also start at 22:00 if you want to “hear” the question leading. Here, here!

  13. Ronnie

      Do you know anything else about The Flame Alphabet?

  14. Ronnie

      Do you know anything else about The Flame Alphabet?

  15. Sean

      Thanks for this. The whole thing is amazing, but also what a writing prompt. I mean peruse all of this and your mind just crackles.

  16. Sean

      Thanks for this. The whole thing is amazing, but also what a writing prompt. I mean peruse all of this and your mind just crackles.