topic: Are electronic texts legitamite sources of writing worthy of being recognized as a way to convey a message? Thoughts: Is it translation or transmission? The medium, what does it matter? Private vs. public and the intimacy of a book vs. a computer How we are wired now days with different forms of writing and how that controls our lives. Quotes from books: “Now days being a writer is mainly about the realities of producing new work and finding outlets for it.” pg 41 “ This notion of hiding, secreting myself in a text was important to me- it underlies to this day my sense of a book as a refuge.” pg 35: