i am alt lit

68.4 :: ‘northwest represent’ by andrea coates

‘northwest represent’ by andrea coates // self published, 2012

68.4

what ‘andrea coates’ wrote to ‘i am alt lit’

is Andrea Coates just a Bitch Peeps shouldn’t trust or is she like a Fine Piece of Ass who can string Words to gether like no Other ????

seems like andrea coates wants to 

be ‘known’

or at least ‘recognized’

for something

mebbe for being a ‘good writer’ 

mebbe for ‘something else’

idk

she ‘capitalizes’ letters in the middle of 

sentences

need to ‘say this’ up front

so we all know

//

get the feeling that

andrea coates

talks ‘down’ to ppl or something

like a crazy soapbox preacher who ran out of 

aluminum foil and can’t find anymore

from ‘Poète Maudite and Glass House’:

We are Ants

All of Us!

( e’Specially them! )

Dare me

and say Hello to my

Glove Compartment

say Hello

to the Barrel

of my

Will

//

there was like that video

where she yelled 

in a ‘somewhat’ confusing manner, then she smiled yeah

//

liked this ‘Satur-Day Night’ poem 

was mildly ‘stimulated’ by ‘hip gathering’ 

b/c andrea coates used ‘i’ and the ‘i’ voice

seemed to be … more forgiving

but then

there’s another ‘rant’ or something

about offices and ppl watching and stuff

//

seems like andrea coates vaguely rants ‘off and on’

like this might be a good persona or something

like when she reads this, she will probably rant

like she wants ‘us’ to point out how much she ‘rants’

to like keep ranting or something

not sure if this is the ‘response’ that she desires

like if she wants ‘us’ to point out how much she ‘rants’

like that’s where she feels most comfortable

//

yawned approx 3-4 times while reading this

//

thoroughly liked ‘Re Occurring Dream of Burns Lake’

there’s a story

mebbe even a love story

like action and things happen and things don’t happen

liked the pacing in this:

In France you’d walk Half an Hour and then you’d be in an Other Town

They’ve got Things Easy in France

Walk a long the High Way

am slanted by Latitude

Big Trucks roar by

I am a Big Beast but they are Bigger Beasts than me

Man I wanted

un Requited

staying in an Other Room

will repeat praise ‘staring at the Pine Forest rushing by’ and ‘Song for Haida Gwaii’

liked those

seems like the ‘vaguely political’ are better than the ‘overtly political’

more deftness

//

i haven’t really said anything about capitalization

it’s hard to be consistent in this

i kind of ‘get it’ i guess

seems like an alright style, yeah

//

not sure if andrea coates is ‘misunderstood’ or ‘properly understood’ or only ‘perceived to be misunderstood’ or if she ‘misperceives how she is understood’