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The Death of Print

curated by Mairead Case

"Death

is strictly
scientific
& artificial &

evil & legal)"
- ee cummings

Print is dying - everyone from Clay Shirky to Nelson says so. Blackberries are near-necessary for the board room. Comics are cut from weeklies and newspaper dispensers sit empty, hungry, alone. Moms ask what Twittering is. But luckily, nobody's totally choked yet - there's still time for plotting revolution. This is the part where the phoenix lies in ash and so before he rises, all firey and awesome-like, we're giving him a funeral. A wake.

This Rec Room will feature writers covering other writers (possibly including their younger selves), writers reading favorite books or fanzines or liner notes or old letters or family recipes. Silly valentines, angsty valentines. Uncensored classics. Fairy tales and top tens. There will be a priest. There will be ceremony. Please wear black.

Clay Shirky link

Simpsons link