What bothers me about Sam Kriss’ piece is that no one calls the Dimes Square writers “alt lit” as far as I can tell. What you’re describing is alt lit. I was also there! It was a completely different thing
The term ‘alt lit’ took hold around 2007-8, and it was coined by writers in the scene, not imposed from outside. The term might have first appeared on HTMLGiant? Not 100% sure, but very possible. Very few people outside the scene paid them much attention, anyway, until Tao Lin came along with Shoplifting.
What bothers me about Sam Kriss’ piece is that no one calls the Dimes Square writers “alt lit” as far as I can tell. What you’re describing is alt lit. I was also there! It was a completely different thing
It was! Some DS ppl do valorize Tao Lin, but I’ve never heard any of them call themselves alt lit 2.0 or whatever. Very much imposed from outside
The term ‘alt lit’ took hold around 2007-8, and it was coined by writers in the scene, not imposed from outside. The term might have first appeared on HTMLGiant? Not 100% sure, but very possible. Very few people outside the scene paid them much attention, anyway, until Tao Lin came along with Shoplifting.