By Kelman Out of Pessoa

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Title

By Kelman Out of Pessoa

Subject

experimental writing

Description

In 2002, Doug Nufer wrote a story narrated by a tout, who proposed a novel way to beat the races. It was so absurd and ludicrous it gave him an idea. So Nufer went to Emerald Downs, home of thoroughbred racing in the Northwest. There, he split himself into three characters modeled on the heteronyms of Fernando Pessoa. Using a money management plan from a James Kelman short story, Nufer gave these characters money and set them free to gamble. He returned to the track every week for a full season, and his characters/heteronyms continued to bet, with real money and in the name of art. At the end of the season, he had pages of data in the form of a wagering diary, the outcome of a literary experiment that formed the basis of a literal experimental novel.

Creator

Nufer, Doug

Source

https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/61998

Publisher

punctum books

Date

2023

Contributor

Wulan

Rights

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Format

Pdf

Language

English

Type

Textbooks

Identifier

DOI
10.53288/0500.1.00
ISBN
9781685711344, 9781685711351

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