Tyler Barton: Artifact Lit (May 2020)
May 2020: Artifact Lit
Examples of Artifact Lit
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Examples of Artifact Lit
Tyler Barton: Artifact Lit (May 2020)
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
Flash
“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
Essays
“Mr. Plimpton’s Revenge”
by Dinty Moore – Essay – Google Map
“Show & Tell”
by Anton Nimblett – Non-fiction – Timeline (the NewerYork 3)
“Before, an Inventory”
by Sarah Gerard – Essay – Inventory
Poetry
“
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)
List Lit
“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
Books in Artifact Form
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
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