Examples of Artifact Lit

Short Fiction

“Semplica Girl Diaries” by George Saunders – Short Story – Diary Entry
“Training Module” by Elizabeth Crane – Short Story – Training Module
“Great Rock & Roll Pauses of the 21st Century” by Jennifer Egan – Short Story – Powerpoint
“What 100 People, Real and Fake, Believe About Dolores” by Ben Greenman – Short story – Oral History
“An Oral History of the Next Battle of the Sexes” by Lucas Shaeffer – Short Story – Oral History
“Statistical Abstract for my Home of Spokane, Washington” by Jess Walter – Short Story – Statistical Abstract
“Reference #388475848-5” by Amy Hempel – Short Story – Letter (Contestation of Parking Ticket)
“Whale Watch Chaperone Application 17.B” by Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice – Short Story – Application
“Bureaucracy of a Breakup” by Jared Gottlieb – Short Story (Barrelhouse 12)
“Seasons Greetings to our Friends and Family” by David Sedaris – Short Story – Newsletter
“Notes for an Important American Story,” by Elizabeth Crane – Short Story – Notes
“Notes for a Story of a Man Who Will Not Die Alone,” by David Eggers – Short Story – Notes
“this is Not a command: A text adventure game” by James Figy – Short Story – Text Adventure

Game

“The party goes on all night…” by Molly Mary O’Brien – Flash – MTA Service Poster
“Hey, was wondering…” by Molly Mary O’Brien – Flash – Concert Flyer
“Vagabond Mannequin” by K.B. Carle – Flash – Crossword puzzle
“Madlib” by Kim Magowan – Flash – Madlib
“The Death of Your Son: A Flowchart” by Alex McElroy – Flash – Flowchart
“Rejected Submissions to the Complete Baby Name Wizard” by Jeremy Blachman – flash Submission Info (The NewerYork 3)
“Personals” by Daniel Bullard-Bates – flash – Personal Ads in Newspaper (theNewerYork 3)
“For Birds” by Max Miroff – Flash – Flowchart (TheNewerYork 4)
“Third-Party Agreement” by Kait Heacock – Flash – Contract (The NewerYork 4)
“Divorce Papers” by Chuck Young – Flash – Divorce Agreement (the NewerYork 4)
“Modern European Masters Now Available in Translation,” by John Greenman – Flash – Review (The NewerYork 2)
“Letter to the Marketing Manager,” by Lydia Davis – Flash – Letter
“Letter to a Frozen Peas Manufacturer” by Lydia Davis – Short story – Letter
“Letter to a Peppermint Candy Company” by Lydia Davis – Flash – Letter
“Letter to the Foundation,” by Lydia Davis – Flash – Letter
“Letter to a Hotel Manager,” By Lydia Davis – Flash – Letter
“Letter to the President of the American Biographical Institute” by Lydia Davis – Flash – Letter

“Obit” by Victoria Chang – poem – Obituary
“Microagression Bingo” by Fatimah Asghar – Poem – Bingo card
“We Have A Mouth That Needs to Be Shut,” by Jamie Mortara – Poem – Flowchart
“Paper Fortune Teller” by Jamie Mortara – Poem – Fortune Teller
“Resume” by Brad Gerber – Poem – Resume (The Newer York 4)
“A Mediterranean Diet,” by Brad Garber – Poem – Nutrition Label (The Newer York 2)
“Great Business Ideas” by Mareid Byrne – Poem – Poster
“Letter” by Mary Ruefle – Poem – Letter
“Seven Postcards from Dover,” by Mary Ruefle – Poem – Postcards
“Lines for the Fortune Cookies” by Frank O’Hara – Poem – Fortune Cookie messages
“Letters from Two Gardens” by Ross Gay & Aimee Nezhukumatathil
“Band Names Inspired by My Mother” by Evan Allgood – Poem – Band Logos (the Newer York 4)

“Justin Beiber’s Hair in a Box” by Elizabeth Crane – Short Story – List
“26 Imaginary T-shirts,” by Terrance Hayes – Poem – List
“What My Mother Texts Me While I’m in School” by Hana Widerman – Poem – List / Texts
Interstitial poems in Solmaz Sharif’s LOOK – Poems – Definition List
“Contents” by Matthew Simmons – Short Story – List of items in certain areas of hotel room “Rape Joke” by Patricia Lockwood – Poem – List

Reality Hunger by David Shields – Nonfiction – Collage
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates – Nonfiction – Letter
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher – Novel – Recommendation letters
Letters to Wendys by Joe Wenderoth – Poetry – Letters
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong – Letter
Michael Martone by Michael Martone – Novel – Blurbs
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart – Novel – Letters/Emails
Your Life Story on a Postcard by Michael Kimball – Collection – Postcards
Hotels of North America by Rick Moody – Novel – Yelp Reviews
Letters to Kelly Clarkson by Julia Bloch – Poetry Collection – Letters
How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive by Christopher Boucher – Novel – Owner’s Manual
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche – Nonfiction – Letter
The Ambrose J. and Vivian T. Seagrave Museum of 20th Century American Art by Matthew Kirkpatrick – Novel – (partially told in) Museum Wall text / Placards
TBH Series by Lisa Greenwald – Novels – Text convos
Zac’s Haunted House by Dennis Cooper – Novel – Gifs