"Zach Whalen is an Associate Professor at the University of Mary Washington where he teaches courses in Digital Studies.
Zach Whalen's Pigeon Forge plays with the similarity of the name of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to Nick Montfort's Taroko Gorge. The resulting poetics draw on landmarks of the highly touristy destination, including the Dollywood theme park, Comedy Barn, and The Titanic Museum. Words evoking poverty and a particularly American landscape complete the picture: 'shop, sell, drive, park, gawk, regret, mini golf, outlet mall.' The inclusion of a subtitle to the work, 'Action Packed,' echoes the town's marketing materials and invites us to consider the contrast created by the brown background and dusty descriptions that shape evocative lines such as 'patronize the asphalt desparate.'" -- from Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 3
C3 - Web PY - 2012 LA - English M3 - Generative, Poetry, Remix UR - https://the-next.eliterature.org/works/778/0/0/ DB - The NEXT Y2 - 2025-04-10 ER -