The Paris Review

2 Comments

1. GZ | January 15, 2013 at 9:44 pm

   That Paragraph app is terrible. The reading experience is saturated with music, images and the option of ‘listening to the text. Traditionally, the atmosphere of a book was created by the reader’s interaction with the text – apps like this wrap you up in a cozy media bubble and dictate the conditions of your reading experience. I think that’s a bad thing. I should add that songs with vocals can only distract one’s attention from text. Reading this comment, you probably think I’m a reactionary Luddite or stating the obvious, depending on your age.

2. janjamm | January 16, 2013 at 2:08 pm

   What “GZ” said.