February 10th, 2010 / 6:22 pm
Craft Notes & Random & Web Hype

Spec Rad Trial

Smart blog post on experimental short story by Charles May.

When Donald Barthelme’s first collection of stories, Come Back, Dr. Caligari, appeared in 1964, critics complained that his work was without subject matter, without character, without plot, and without concern for the reader’s understanding. For Barthelme, the problem of language is the problem of reality, for reality is the result of language processes.

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12 Comments

  1. mimi

      What exactly is happening in that picture? (That is, what is the “subject matter”?)

  2. mimi

      What exactly is happening in that picture? (That is, what is the “subject matter”?)

  3. Sean

      I believe a rally race has gone wrong. In certain countries, people crowd the rally race courses in a way you would not believe. They stand in crowds inches from the course, while cars go 100s of MPH past them. It is insane. This is one result.

  4. Sean

      I believe a rally race has gone wrong. In certain countries, people crowd the rally race courses in a way you would not believe. They stand in crowds inches from the course, while cars go 100s of MPH past them. It is insane. This is one result.

  5. mimi

      That’s what I thought. I’m really concerned for that person under the right rear tire.
      I have guy friends who drift. I live in the land of sideshows.

  6. mimi

      That’s what I thought. I’m really concerned for that person under the right rear tire.
      I have guy friends who drift. I live in the land of sideshows.

  7. Sean

      I have never drifted but would like to. To make a car graceful, I don’t know how. They do.

  8. Sean

      I have never drifted but would like to. To make a car graceful, I don’t know how. They do.

  9. mimi

      Check out some of the “arab drift”s on Youtube.

  10. mimi

      Check out some of the “arab drift”s on Youtube.

  11. Sean

      will do

  12. Sean

      will do