One example of author/audience interaction that has, in fact, unfolded its own story and drama, came with the publication of Keith Gessen’s new novel All the Sad Young Literary Men. It received some wonderful reviews, as well as some scathing attacks on him as a person, from literary critics and everyday readers on the web. Since Gessen already had a presence on the Internet long before his book came out in print, and alongside his print literary journal n+1, (unlike most writers who do not interact with their wider reading audience at all), he took it upon himself to respond to these criticisms, and in doing so, criticized in turn most users of the internet. In his blog, he states in response to an attack by a former Gawker editor, “…we’re taking the internet back from you people. You’ve mucked it up something good.” “You people” referring to “everyone who uses this technology to traffic in gossip, innuendo, insult, etc etc.” What resulted was a war. And hype.
Though his particular comments imply he is superior to blogs like Gawker, an equalizing affect still occurs. While authors do not typically engage with their readers and their critiques, and hardly ever spar back, the internet has effectively put Keith Gessen and his audience on the same level.
I should probably mention that he used to date Emily Gould, former editor of Gawker. The story of their relationship, careers, and dialogue is still followed daily by users, bloggers, journalists and literati alike. A spectacle has been made of them, or they have made a spectacle of themselves, embracing the propensity of using the Internet for publicizing the private. Keith Gessen wrote just the other day, “I keep reading on the Internet about how I’ve been fighting the Internet. ‘Keith Gessen vs. the Internet,’ it says. And when I see that I think, Oh boy. Oh wow. The whole Internet? This won’t be easy. This will take a long time.” The content of his novel (about the need and drive of a young writer for fame) and his actions on the web both take on the same theme: the need to be seen, the need to make their lives into stories.
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What up guys welcome back to another episode my name is AttiBear and today I wanted to introduce you to a new music service called Alissia music and this service will Revolutionize the way we discover new music. So let me introduce you to the founder and CEO of Alissia music We are here at IFA 2018 and I'm here with Bosco Bellingshausen from Alissia music. So Bosco tell us what is Completely unique about Alissia music.
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