Writers Series: David Shields

David Shields is the author of nine previous books, including Black Planet, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Remote, winner of the PEN/Revson Award. Shields has received a Guggenheim fellowship, two NEA fellowships, and an Ingram Merrill Foundation Award, among others. He teaches in the English department at the University of Washington. His new book, Reality Hunger: a Manifesto, was published by Knopf in January 2010. The title of his talk is "Genre is a Minimum-Security Prison."

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[radishface1]

Jonathan Lethem did this in 2007. His great essay "The Ecstasy of Influence: A plagiarism" in Harper's Magazine was entirely constructed of other peoples' work. (All attributed at the end of the article.)

[alexmillar]

but jeez, whos gonna watch 43 minutes?

[alexmillar]

the intro was great. man, u shoudl b in marketing:)

[flankrobasi]

very interesting, very enlighting, very sharp thinking. all to approve from a post-modern point of view.

[PetronellaDeMontague]

So, all you need to write a really good book, is a scissors, some tape, and a really good book.

[totoro1591]

Shields is a jerk for trashing copyright law and fiction writers. He makes it look like he's just trying to get more material for his own novels because apparently he's good at making AMV novels... and nobody likes someone who flounces copyrights... yeah... he tried to get the source list taken out of the book... even five year old know thats wrong. It's one thing to say "no new stories" it's another to take someone's word without approval and due credit... even a dead person.