The Mixpoem Program.

This article discusses the Mixpoem Program. The mixpoem started with James Laughlin's curiosity about every possible arrangement of the words in Ezra Pounds "In a station of the Metro." A computer program was created to help with this process. The computer program used was called BASIC. Then updated...

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Published in:Paris Review no. 94; pp. 193 - 196
Main Authors: Laughlin, James, Kenner, Hugh
Format: Article
Published: Paris Review Winter84
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