Pixelated Faces in IRL (In Real Life) Places: Exploring How "Textese" in Melissa Broder's "So Sad Today" Builds Community Among Confessional Women Writers
- UNCA Author/Contributor (non-UNCA co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Austin Dowdy (Creator)
- Institution
- University of North Carolina Asheville (UNCA )
- Web Site: http://library.unca.edu/
- Advisor
- Erica Abrams Locklear
Abstract: "So Sad Today" is a collection of personal and confessional essays by poet and essayist, Melissa Broder, that uses texting language to write about the intimate details of the author's life. In this paper, the author looks at Broder's work, and that of other confessional poets.
Pixelated Faces in IRL (In Real Life) Places: Exploring How "Textese" in Melissa Broder's "So Sad Today" Builds Community Among Confessional Women Writers
PDF (Portable Document Format)
178 KB
Created on 4/10/2018
Views: 1206
Additional Information
- Publication
- Other
- Language: English
- Date: 2018
- Keywords
- Melissa Broder, confessional poetry, life experiences