Monday, September 5, 2011

Literature and math--a flash fiction piece from jmww

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor were an equation? If you're answer is no, you're not alone because neither have I.

If you're answer is yes, you're not alone either. Gabriel Blackwell explores this interesting and somewhat unlikely scenario in his flash fiction piece, "Solve for x, where x is an integer such that x>0" in the online literary journal jmww. I think that this piece shows the possibilities that can open up for writers when we think of literature in terms of other, sometimes unlikely, forms.

Check out this piece. Read, and enjoy!