Dracula, father of mass literacy

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Concerning the next big titles after the Bible for Gutenberg-era publishing. From Codrescu's book of essays The Disappearance of the Outside. See codrescu.com and corpse.org.

Author: talesfromearth
Time: 4:07
Plays: 12
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Andrei Codrescu reads his own work.
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2005
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Impale

Read with an Eastern European accent, the story traces how literacy impaled Europe with the invent of the printing press. It points out technology's lack of moral judgment and its link to Dracula. Interesting and funny.

Published June 15th, 2008 by consciouskniss