tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post6055922072824741126..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: STAY TUNED: BABEL to Launch New Book SeriesCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-51418939215730709342011-03-02T09:53:03.726-05:002011-03-02T09:53:03.726-05:00This is good news, and I look forward to learning ...This is good news, and I look forward to learning more.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-48583467511464069942011-02-28T11:54:50.876-05:002011-02-28T11:54:50.876-05:00And I should have also added, following Barthes...And I should have also added, following Barthes' inspiration:<br /><br />writing as aperture/opening<br />writing as risk/taking chances<br />the possibilisticEileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-4859412876496718152011-02-28T11:53:05.930-05:002011-02-28T11:53:05.930-05:00Thanks to everyone for the enthusiasm. Our model w...Thanks to everyone for the enthusiasm. Our model will be something like a combination of re.press and Open Humanities Press, with a dash of McSweeney's:<br /><br />http://www2.mcsweeneys.net/books<br /><br />As to the two different quotations, from Augustine and Barthes, re: punctum, I will let Nicola also respond to that [the quotations + name were his inspirations], but briefly I can say here that we wanted, as always, a leap from the medieval to the modern [and back again], but also, for me, to invoke the following senses/feelings/atmospheres/intentions for the book series:<br /><br />punctum *also* meant to silently denote the marks made in medieval mss. to make lines for writing [and punctum books, therefore, as the site of enabling writing]<br /><br />Augustine:<br />everything is happening *now*<br />writing-as-time/time-as-writing<br />interrelation between "this time" and "whole time" [with the site/act of writing as the "puncture" of time]<br /><br />Barthes:<br />affect/being *pierced* by thought & writing<br />the extimacy of writing/words<br />disruption of the study [the unexpected]<br />scholarship-as-art-as-desire<br />being surprisedEileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-22938693082715214282011-02-28T08:00:28.617-05:002011-02-28T08:00:28.617-05:00Very exciting, and looking forward to the official...Very exciting, and looking forward to the official announcement which will describe the (no doubt) atypical mode of book delivery etc. Will you be following a model like that of re.press?<br /><br />If you have a moment, could you (or Nicola) talk about the relation between your quotations from Augustine and Barthes? The two punctūs strike me as very different, but I'm guessing that's the point.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-82171463246415311472011-02-27T19:36:00.441-05:002011-02-27T19:36:00.441-05:00Incroyable! Is there no end to your marvellousness...Incroyable! Is there no end to your marvellousness? Expect to be flooded with proposals...<br /><br />WV is nice today: sprach.This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-36673443261068816182011-02-27T18:55:07.886-05:002011-02-27T18:55:07.886-05:00This is very exciting. Tuned, I will stay!This is very exciting. Tuned, I will stay!prehenselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04801371989123252511noreply@blogger.com