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January 07, 2007
Kevin Killian's 1,525 reviews have earned him a ranking of 119th as an Amazon reviewer. He reviews books, movies, cookware, clothing...just about anything. But Killian is also a poet. Hooke Press has published a small edition—200 copies—of his Selected Amazon Reviews, edited by Brent Cunningham. The blurb for the book describes it as "Subversive and delightful modifiations to a pervasive online art form." (Killian is prone to typos.) The delightful meta-trail ends here, though: The book is not listed in Amazon. (Thanks to Trebor Scholz for the link.) [Tags: kevin_killian amazon genre meta reviews everything_is_miscellaneous -berkman] Posted
by D. Weinberger at January 7, 2007 06:45 PM
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These Amazon reviews are better.
Posted by: jknowles | January 7, 2007 09:54 PM
Hi David, In my original post about Killian I was most fascinated by the fact that Killian's "reviews" -- are not really that-- reviews. He turns the review writing genre upside down by really writing autobiographical fiction on the platform of Amazon.com.
I wonder if there are more people like him....
Best,
Trebor
Posted by: Trebor Scholz | January 8, 2007 08:09 AM
Hi David, In my original post about Killian I was most fascinated by the fact that Killian's "reviews" -- are not really that-- reviews. He turns the review writing genre upside down by really writing autobiographical fiction on the platform of Amazon.com.
I wonder if there are more people like him....
Best,
Trebor
Posted by: Trebor Scholz | January 8, 2007 08:11 AM