What novels worth reading exist in which writers appear as characters and we actually get to read their writings within the novel itself? [more inside]
posted by Sticherbeast on Dec 6, 2009 - 61 answers

Pynchon Filter: I really enjoyed The Crying of Lot 49, but I really didn't like V. Based on this very small sample size.. Will I enjoy Gravity's Rainbow? [more inside]
posted by TheOtherGuy on Nov 11, 2008 - 25 answers

I'm looking for music that has "pop" mass appeal and lyrics that are ironic/post-modern. In other words, intelligent, but not intelligent at first glance. Some acts that I've found which fit this criteria are: Steely Dan, Scritti Politti, and Beck. Any other recommendations?
posted by matkline on Jul 16, 2008 - 46 answers

Help me identify this Post Modern cultural theory. Prime example: cops on the TV show COPS act differently than they normally would, since they're being filmed for TV. Kids watch COPS thinking that's what cops actually are like. Kids eventually grow up and be cops themselves, emulating cops-on-TV, not "true" cops. [more inside]
posted by nemoorange on Apr 21, 2008 - 18 answers

metalanguage in a second-semester Composition class -- suggested readings. [more inside]
posted by exlotuseater on Nov 16, 2007 - 17 answers

A levitating grandma in a William Gibson story? [more inside]
posted by chocolatepeanutbuttercup on Sep 26, 2007 - 22 answers

Given my favorite authors from the modern and pomo canon, please help me find some young, lesser-known contemporary writers. [more inside]
posted by scarylarry on Jun 16, 2006 - 29 answers

It's a word I've been using for a while in a ... you know ... "ironic postmodern" sort of a way, but really, I've got no idea what it means. The Google results plain confuse me, so I'm throwing this one out to the Ask Metafilter Posse. What does the word "postmodern" mean? What is postmodern literature? And finally, where do I go for examples? And ... please no laughing from the front of the class.
posted by seanyboy on Jan 18, 2004 - 42 answers