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Alternative Literary Modalities: Video Essays, Audio Books, and Accessibility
Culture Mikayla Coleman Culture Mikayla Coleman

Alternative Literary Modalities: Video Essays, Audio Books, and Accessibility

I am a strong advocate for the analog. I think music sounds better when on vinyl, pictures taken with my second-hand film camera are more charming, and my Omni-84 is a beast of an analog synth. What links these things together? The tactile, physicality of them all. Studying writing through my undergrad and my Master's left me with stacks of physical literature lining my shelves, but like many, I seldom open them. How tasteless! I can hear that one professor I had for Gothic Lit (who always pronounced French words heinously wrong) yelp—What a waste! 

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