Category Archives: Stitch Bitch

In her short essay, Stitch Bitch, author Shelly Jackson struck me with the sentence, “Every new form will inspire mediocre works as well as great ones, and while even mediocrity can be interesting when the form is new, it doesn’t … Continue reading →

This is in English right? After reading Jackson’s Stitch Bitch I was left feeling just as she promised her favorite still of writing was “impure, improper and disorienting.”  To say that her style of writing is non-conventional is an understatement. One … Continue reading →

I must say compared to the title of other articles and books we’ve been assigned thus far, “Stitch Bitch” is definitely my favorite. I really enjoyed the different approach that Shelley Jackson took in this article. Maybe that is because … Continue reading →

“It’s not what we wish it were.” -Everyone (reading this article) I was really looking forward to ripping this article to shreds, but it looks like quite a few of my classmates have already beaten me to the punch. But … Continue reading →

I must assume that Shelley Jackson was aiming for irony after she put the final full stop at the end of ‘Stitch Bitch’, as the entire subject of the article reflexed her own style of writing; ‘impure, improper, and disorienting’. … Continue reading →

When I first started reading this chapter written by Shelley Jackson Stitch Bitch: The Patchwork Girl I was immediately reading something that almost made me sick to my stomach, and disoriented.  Her writing style is something that I was not … Continue reading →

“This is the old kind of interactive writing: writing so dense or so slippery that the mind must do a dance to keep a grip on it.” No kidding. At first I had no idea what this reading was about, … Continue reading →

Shelley Jackson’s fragmented writing style is very poetic in nature. Due to the conversational delivery, I found myself wondering how the experience would compare if I heard her read it aloud. Nonetheless, the reader gets a very good idea of … Continue reading →

I will admit that I was reluctant to read Shelley Jackson’s piece, “Stitch Bitch”, especially after hearing the reviews of some of my peers; however, I enjoyed and valued her message. From the beginning Jackson warned her readers what her … Continue reading →