robowisty (October 12, 2008 at 5:25 am)

I love Ira Glass. So much. ;;

johndglynn (September 15, 2008 at 12:49 pm)

This is great stuff. Very encouraging that I have been doing what Ira notes as essential (anecdote/reflect) naturally, without actually being able to stick a label on it. Now I see where else I can go with it & am even more driven to keep writing. Thanks for uploading!

FlansyLinny (September 10, 2008 at 9:17 pm)

lol when I was 13 I used to think Ira was gay.

billboy05 (September 1, 2008 at 7:07 pm)

who cares guys, really?

AnaAerophina (August 28, 2008 at 5:45 pm)

I don't think you understand what's going on here. Take any random nonfiction story. There is a way you could tell this story that would make it sound more uninteresting than it is. Or, you could tell the same story with all the same true facts in a way that would keep a reader's attention. Form doesn't trump content; it's more like putting a nice frame on a painting with rough edges. Much nicer to look at. This is the art here. Nothing changes about the information presented.

AnaAerophina (August 28, 2008 at 5:28 pm)

I know what he's saying. I've known what an anecdote was since 7th grade. Then again, maybe it makes sense to me because I am a journalist. Let's stick to what we know.

AnaAerophina (August 28, 2008 at 5:26 pm)

Everyone has the right to criticize whomever they want. Though people who can spell anecdote are the ones whose criticism is taken seriously.

joshsowords (August 23, 2008 at 10:09 pm)

Sigh.... Aside policing 'what art is' as if there is some static definition of art, my point is that is TAL compromises the integrity of its 'art' as it is manipulative to 1) its cast and 2) its audience. Ira Glass is an excellent story teller, I don't dispute that, and his procress is an artistic one, a commercial artist one but that is another can of worms. His subject matter though is real people being editing to specefic ends and inforced by ready made interpretation for the audience.

inthefade (August 23, 2008 at 8:21 am)

What do you mean "Thats not art"?! You are obviously not an artist, and if you are, you aren't a talented one, because you clearly don't understand what the definition of art is.

gbittner (July 26, 2008 at 6:19 pm)

thanks he's my ticket to sanity--the sheer humanity of it all which ties in to my deepest identity--some say soul.. For me it restores sanity. connection--back to childhood