About
Steve Roggenbuck is a traveling poet and video blogger known for using various forms of social media to distribute work and interact with his fan base.
Online History
On October 12th, 2010, Roggenbuck released his first click-through poetry ebook “i am like october when i am dead.”[5] In March of 2011, he released a second poetry ebook titled “Download Helvetica For Free”, which included text taken from instant message conversations.
On April 1st, 2011, a video titled “Breaking free from the shackles of word documents with other formats of poetry” was uploaded to YouTube, in which Roggenbuck lauded using various forms of Internet media to disseminate poetry (shown below, left). On May 17th, Roggenbuck uploaded a video titled “Am I even a poet anymore?”, in which he described literature as a “memeplex” and should be distributed in forms other than word documents and books.
On November 13th, 2011, Roggenbuck uploaded a video of his talk at Duke University to his YouTube channel, which outlined why he published his poetry online in the form of image macros.
Flarf Poetry
Flarf poetry is.
On October 2nd, 2011, Roggenbuck uploaded a video titled “introduction to flarf poetry by steve roggenbuck”, which briefly explained the history of flarf poetry and provided examples of his own flarf poetry work.
Poetry Book
Poetry Tour
Notable Videos
Notable Image Macros
Roggenbuck’s flarf poetry image macros can be found on his Tumblr blog LiveMyLief.[2]
Personal Life
Search Interest
External References
[1] SteveRoggenbuck.com – Steve Roggenbuck
[2] LiveMyLief.com – Live My Lief
[3] Twitter – @SteveRoggenbuck
[4] Facebook – Steve Roggenbuck
[5] iamlikeoctoberwheniamdead – i am like october when I am dead / steve roggenbuck
[6] SteveRoggenbuck.com – "":http://www.steveroggenbuck.com/2011/05/toward-more-flowing-culture-lit-20.html
[7] Download Helvetica For Free – "":http://www.downloadhelveticaforfree.com/