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<i>Black Box</i> (short story)

Black Box (short story)

Short story by Jennifer Egan

"Black Box" is a science fiction short story published in May 2012 by American writer Jennifer Egan. It was released in an unusual serialized format: as a series of tweets on The New Yorker's Twitter account over nine days beginning May 25, 2012.[1][2][3][4] The story is in the form of "mental dispatches" from a spy living in the Mediterranean area in the near future.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Coming soon: Jennifer Egan's 'Black Box'". The New Yorker website. New York: Conde Nast. May 24, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  2. [2]
    Stoeffel, Kat (May 26, 2012). "The New Yorker Will Serialize Jennifer Egan's Short Story on Twitter, Starting Tonight". The New York Observer online. New York. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  3. [3]
    Kirtley, David Barr (May 24, 2012). "Let's Hope Jennifer Egan's Twitter Story Heralds the Return of Serial Fiction". Wired.com. Conde Nast. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  4. [4]
    Gee, Lisa (September 1, 2012). "Black Box, By Jennifer Egan". Independent. United Kingdom. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  5. [5]
    Osthimer, Mickey (July 17, 2016). "Egan's Twitter-Formatted "Black Box" As a Critique of 21st Century Conversation". Ploughshares. Emerson College. Retrieved May 5, 2021.

Literary criticism

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