{"product_id":"9781555972486","title":"Tolstoy's Dictaphone: Technology and the Muse","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the great Russian writer Tolstoy was first offered the use of a brand new invention called the Dictaphone, he refused it, saying that it was sure to be \"too dreadfully exciting\" and would distract him from his literary endeavors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor this provocative launch of the Graywolf Forum series, Sven Birkerts invited a number of literary writers to tell him how they were reacting to the technological innovatios of our day. Do the \"dreadful excitements\" promised by a digital future cause us to forfeit our time-honored cultural traditions for dubious gain? Or will the electronic millennium usher in an unprecedented age of interconnectedness and opportunities for wider communication?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of the Graywolf Annuals, this first \u003ci\u003eGraywolf Forum\u003c\/i\u003e presents a wide range of responses from contemporary creative writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSven Birkerts\u003cbr\u003eHarvey Blume\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Mark Epstein\u003cbr\u003eJonathan Franzen\u003cbr\u003eThomas Frick\u003cbr\u003eAlice Fulton\u003cbr\u003eAlbert Goldbarth\u003cbr\u003eCarolyn Guyer\u003cbr\u003eGerald Howard\u003cbr\u003eWendy Lesser\u003cbr\u003eRalph Lombreglia\u003cbr\u003eCarole Maso\u003cbr\u003eAskold Melnyczuk\u003cbr\u003eRobert Pinsky\u003cbr\u003eWulf Rehder\u003cbr\u003eLynne Sharon Schwartz\u003cbr\u003eTom Sleigh\u003cbr\u003eMark Slouka\u003cbr\u003ePaul West\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061523955952,"sku":"9781555972486","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555972486_p0.jpg?v=1763754333","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555972486","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}