Distortion Poetics

Distortion principle no. 1: avoid distortion.

Distortion principle no. 2: defenestrate (often).

Distortion principle no. 3: degauss after every visit to either of the poles.

Distortion principle no. 4: cleanse fold and manipulate.

Distortion principle no. 5: literature is overrrated; read only pulp.

Distortion principle no. 6: there are only 5 distortion principles.

“Imagine Milton enrolling in a graduate program for help with Paradise Lost, or Kafka enduring the seminar in which his classmates inform him that, frankly, they just don’t believe the part about the guy waking up one morning to find he’s a giant bug.”

— Francine Prose / Reading Like A Writer