Issue 1

Issue 1 Why can't poetic texts consist of critical investigations of themselves? Why can't poetic texts be bundled with a body of commentary upon commentary on a poem, Talmud-style?

Automated PDF formatting makes wonderful things possible. It would, for example, be possible to dynamically generate LaTeX code (like source code f...or a PDF) from RSS feeds, Google searches, phone listings, WHOIS listings, Google image searches, OCR'd scans, or texts generated by voice recognition software. Or you could just make a 9-page PDF chapbook in your favorite font. LaTeX is as straightforward as html — you can probably learn it in a day.

In the interest of the proliferation of new poetic activity, we at forgodot.com will host an introduction to LaTeX on the afternoon of Saturday, October 18. Comment below to sign up, or send me an email at <stephen.r.mclaughlin AT gmail.com>.