Kenneth Goldsmith Poets at the White House Uncreative Writing

Kenneth Goldsmith, aka former radio station WFMU DJ "Kenny G", professor at the University of Pennsylvania, discourses on the creation of literary works by the most modern technological means-- copying and pasting, downloading, etc as is frequently practised these days. Michele Obama is in his audience. May 11, 2011.

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[clairedelune49]

Disappointed to learn that Kenny G. will not be coming back to WFMU. What a loss to the airwaves.

[BlacknWhitesAlright]

And that disqualifies hyper-sophisticated conceptual writing practices, obviously.

[Ed Firmage]

did you listen to more than a minute of this? This is a way (among other things) of presenting writing as reading, as essentially the same act, and therefore reading as writing.

[maintim]

I want that book Kenny G