writing under constraint
Not Browsing but Reading: Magazines and Books Online
February 11, 2000
Adrian Shaughnessy
Perusing websites pertaining to literary matters, Eye magazine cites HTML's "gaptoothed rawness" as a hindance to readability in ebr (prior to the journal's redesign).
Constrained Thinking: From Network to Membrane
January 1, 2000
Paul Harris
Paul Harris examines the theoretical aspects of constrained thinking in the age of electronic textuality (in 2000 words, natch!)
Nothing Less and Nothing More: The Oulipo Compendium
January 1, 2000
Joseph Tabbi
Alain Vuillemin comprehends the compendium - a summing up of four decades of Oulipian activity.
Translation by James Stevens
The Education of Adams (Henry) / ALAMO
January 1, 2000
Paul Braffort
Paul Braffort studies constrained writing from Henry Adams to Braffort's own ALAMO project, and presents his findings in the form of a Triolet (between 1999 and 2000 words)
Toward a General Theory of the Constraint
January 1, 2000
Bernardo Schiavetta
Bernardo Schiavetta: a definition (in 2000 words)