Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing

[Dave Monroe]

Sherman, Delia and Thodora Goss, eds.
   Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing
   Small Beer Press, 2007.

Interfictions is the first book from the Interstitial Arts Foundation.
The cover features a photo of 3D art by Connie Toebe. The table of
contents below is alphabetical.

A version of the introduction is online and the Afterword, by
hard-working editors Delia Sherman and Theodora Goss -- a great
conversation on expectations, editing, definitions (and the lack or
use of them) -- is posted (in slightly edited form) here.

http://interfictions.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Editors%20Speak

http://www.lcrw.net/iaf/index.htm

http://interfictions.blogspot.com/

Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing
by Delia Sherman and Theodora Goss
Small Beer Press
April 2007, 296 pages, $18.00
by Mikita Brottman

For some time now, I've been looking for a very different kind of
writing anthology to use in an introductory college class—ideally,
something that isn't bound by genre, style, theme or category; in
other words, an eclectic selection of contemporary writing
(suggestions welcome!). At first, I thought Interfictions might be
just what I had in mind. The idea of interstitial fiction is rather
appealing, suggesting—at least, to me—unique combinations of generic
and stylistic elements. I imagined blends of fiction mixed with
journalism, prose-poetry, rhetoric, and other hybrid forms, assuming
the interstitial nature of the stories would be in their style rather
than their content.

[...]

So what's all this about "interstitial fiction"? Well, as editors
Delia Sherman and Theodora Goss explain in their "Afterword" to
Interfictions, they're certainly not making the case that interstitial
fiction is anything new. On the contrary, many popular and well-known
writers have produced work that defies categorization, including Jorge
Luis Borges, Thomas Pynchon, Umberto Eco, Haruki Murakami, Italo
Calvino, John Barth, and William Burroughs. So why bother giving these
stories a label at all, when, as the editors point out, all labeling
bears the risk of potential Balkanization? ...

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/books/reviews/44007/interfictions-by-delia-sherman-and-theodora-goss/