device for my novel, as a way of further exploring the main character's emotions (about which she is wholly in denial)--it has just this minute come to me in a flash. Did you ever have a mood ring when you were a kid?
I did - remember when mood technology segued into other clothing items? I remember wearing a mood shirt in the Caribbean for a summer and I ended up looked mad all the time except when I got it wet.
I have published four novels and four books of literary criticism; I'm currently at work on a book called FOR THE LOVE OF BROKEN THINGS: MY FATHER, EDWARD GIBBON AND THE RUINS OF ROME. I teach in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
I did - remember when mood technology segued into other clothing items? I remember wearing a mood shirt in the Caribbean for a summer and I ended up looked mad all the time except when I got it wet.
ReplyDeleteYes, and if you investigate the world of online junk purchases, turns out we could still be getting mood shirts and such! I'm very tempted...
ReplyDeleteI remember mood shirts back in the eighties! They usually featured two blotches of moodiness under the armpits...
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