Douglas Coupland: TripAdvisor reviews are today's best literature
Douglas Coupland, the American novelist and visual artist known for Generation X and JPod, argues in a video interview for the Louisiana Museum of Copenhagen's web TV that the best recent English-language writing appears in one-star TripAdvisor reviews. He praises the energy and creativity behind them. Coupland also comments on publishing after the internet, stating that getting published has always been equally difficult or easy, depending on who you are. The interview was published by Artribune in July 2019.
Key facts
- Douglas Coupland is an American writer and visual artist born in 1961.
- He is famous for novels Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture (1991) and JPod (2006).
- Coupland stated that some of the best recent English texts are one-star TripAdvisor reviews.
- He finds the energy and creativity in those reviews astonishing.
- The interview was conducted for the Louisiana Museum of Copenhagen's web TV.
- Coupland commented that publishing has always been equally difficult or easy.
- The interview was published by Artribune in July 2019.
- Artribune is an Italian art and culture platform founded in 2011.
Entities
Artists
- Douglas Coupland
Institutions
- Louisiana Museum of Copenhagen
- Artribune
Locations
- Copenhagen
- Denmark