Some error occured while loading the Quick View. Please close the Quick View and try reloading the page.
The most interesting writers we know, all asking and answering the same question: why can’t we stop watching cat videos?
Fourteen writers, all addressing not just our fascination with cat videos, but also how we decide what is good or bad art, or art at all; how taste develops, how that can change, and why we love or hate something. It’s about people and technology and just what it is about cats that makes them the internet’s cutest despots.
Fourteen writers, all addressing not just our fascination with cat videos, but also how we decide what is good or bad art, or art at all; how taste develops, how that can change, and why we love or hate something. It’s about people and technology and just what it is about cats that makes them the internet’s cutest despots.
Price: $16.95
Pages: 220
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Imprint: Coffee House Press
Publication Date:
15 September 2015
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781566894111
Format: Paperback
“In this collection, the focus rightly returns to the ancient impulse to pay cat obeisance and the realization that this obeisance (which is sometimes called art) has been sustained for nearly all of the Holocene.” —The Rumpus
“There’s something perverse about making a traditional paper book about Internet ephemera . . . [and] it’s precisely this kind of ambivalent-yet-appealing perversity that makes the anthology Cat Is Art Spelled Wrong an entire book of essays dedicated to cat videos, such a delight.” —The Chicago Tribune
“The most important cultural issue of our time: figure out what we’re talking about when we're talking about cat videos.” —New York Magazine
“It’s not just about cats, it’s about this internet phenomena and what it says about humanity. The pieces range from philosophical to deeply personal stories. . . . Don’t miss this book.” —BookRiot
“Contributors provide surprising insights about what our impulse to watch YouTube clips of felines says about them and us.” —The Week
“With [this] new book, Minneapolis publisher makes the case that cat videos are a form of, yes, art” —MinnPost
“A lot of fun and one to store away for the holidays for someone who loves cat videos.” —BookRiot
“There’s something perverse about making a traditional paper book about Internet ephemera . . . [and] it’s precisely this kind of ambivalent-yet-appealing perversity that makes the anthology Cat Is Art Spelled Wrong an entire book of essays dedicated to cat videos, such a delight.” —The Chicago Tribune
“The most important cultural issue of our time: figure out what we’re talking about when we're talking about cat videos.” —New York Magazine
“It’s not just about cats, it’s about this internet phenomena and what it says about humanity. The pieces range from philosophical to deeply personal stories. . . . Don’t miss this book.” —BookRiot
“Contributors provide surprising insights about what our impulse to watch YouTube clips of felines says about them and us.” —The Week
“With [this] new book, Minneapolis publisher makes the case that cat videos are a form of, yes, art” —MinnPost
“A lot of fun and one to store away for the holidays for someone who loves cat videos.” —BookRiot