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Contributor(s): Gonzalez, Mira (Author), Lin, Tao (Author)
ISBN: 0989695026     ISBN-13: 9780989695022
Publisher: Short Flight/Long Drive Books
OUR PRICE:   $16.10  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: June 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism
Physical Information: 1" H x 4.2" W x 5.9" (0.60 lbs) 434 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Literary Nonfiction. Art. Fiction. Poetry. SELECTED TWEETS by Mira Gonzalez and Tao Lin, dating from 2008 to 2014, as well as extras such as illustrations of each other's tweets, short stories, essays, and a long poem.

SHEILA HETI: How do you imagine people read Twitter?

TAO LIN: On their phones I think mostly. I think I've read the most Twitter while laying in bed or on my back, or just laying in places, like in parks or in airports. Maybe not the most, but a lot. I've dropped my phone on my face many times. I think other people must too, but I rarely hear about this.

SHEILA HETI: What do you think about before you tweet? You once told me that you tweet what makes you feel uncomfortable. So which tweets do you reject, which do you accept?

MIRA GONZALEZ: I wouldn't necessarily say that I tweet what makes me feel uncomfortable, I think it's more that I feel comfortable tweeting things that I would never feel comfortable saying in a real life conversation, or even in other places on the internet. For reasons that I don't fully understand, Twitter is a place where I don't feel ashamed to say my most shameful thoughts...

(From What Would Twitter Do, Tao Lin and Mira Gonzalez interviewed by Sheila Heti)