It’s a fantastic thing: the daily newspaper, when translated, amounts to a 900-page book. Every day. And it’s a book that’s written in every city and in every country, only to be instantly discarded in order to write a brand-new one, full of fresh stories the next day.”
— Kenneth Goldsmith’s poetics statement, “Being Boring.” His book—or shall I say tome—Day, is a transcription from a single edition of The New York Times, including the license plate letters from car ads.
