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via BoingBoing: Holy Tango of Literature
An anthology (or, rather, "holy tango") of poetry and play scenes whose unifying theme is that each (original) work is inspired by, and written in the style of, an existing writer. Thus we have "Hairball King" (Kahlil Gibran), "My Valentine Isn't Clad" (Edna St. Vincent Millay), "Ah, My Yak Roam" (Omar Khayyam), "Hen Gonads" (Ogden Nash) and "Is A Sperm Like A Whale?" (William Shakespeare).
Very funny. While I'm not familiar with the work of several of the artists, I think that he does a good job of copying the styles, and the works themselves are generally also amusing.
(If any Portland Reading Night-affiliated folks are reading this: I call dibs.)
At Powell's Books: http://www.powells.com/s?kw=Holy+Tango+of+Literature&x=0&y=0
(The author has also recorded a few songs with similar inspiration. Haven't read/listened to those yet.)
An anthology (or, rather, "holy tango") of poetry and play scenes whose unifying theme is that each (original) work is inspired by, and written in the style of, an existing writer. Thus we have "Hairball King" (Kahlil Gibran), "My Valentine Isn't Clad" (Edna St. Vincent Millay), "Ah, My Yak Roam" (Omar Khayyam), "Hen Gonads" (Ogden Nash) and "Is A Sperm Like A Whale?" (William Shakespeare).
Very funny. While I'm not familiar with the work of several of the artists, I think that he does a good job of copying the styles, and the works themselves are generally also amusing.
(If any Portland Reading Night-affiliated folks are reading this: I call dibs.)
At Powell's Books: http://www.powells.com/s?kw=Holy+Tango+of+Literature&x=0&y=0
(The author has also recorded a few songs with similar inspiration. Haven't read/listened to those yet.)
