The old adage that a book shouldn’t be judged by its cover doesn’t hold true for 420 Characters. As a formal experiment, its packaging helps define how it should be perceived. Lou Beach wrote more than a hundred 420-character stories using Facebook’s status-message constraints, and collected them for publication. This could easily be viewed as a collection of jokes, but the slim, classy red binding says otherwise, as does its elegant layout. There’s nothing wrong with books of formally limited jokes, but 420 Characters aims to be more. 420 Characters derives strength from its ability to ...
- 12/21/2011
- avclub.com
The hot trend of the week is short stories—itty-bitty stories clocking in at just a couple hundred words or less. In 420 Characters, the artist Lou Beach presents stories that started as Facebook status updates. In The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Joseph Gordon Levitt offers a selection of illustrated micro fiction culled from selections posted on his hitRECord.org website as part of an experiment in collaborative art. Photos: 14 Holiday Roadtrip Reads This week also bring a reminder of 2010’s sad passing of TV legend Stephen Cannell with the posthumous publication of his final book
read more...
read more...
- 12/4/2011
- by Andy Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.