Coffee House Press; a major nonprofit publisher; recently launched a Kickstarter for a book examining the Internets cat video fetish. The book; if the Kickstarter campaign reaches its $25;000 goal; will be titled Cat is Art Spelled Wrong; and examine themes like what makes something art; whether art is good or bad; and how taste develops. In other words; cat videos can actually be . . . pretty serious.mdash;The Washington Post"Coffee House Press one-ups all boring Kickstarter campaigns with Catstarter; a campaign to fund a book on cat videos."mdash;The Millions"Coffee House Presss upcoming book; titled Cat is Art Spelled Wrong; takes the opportunity to examine a seemingly irrelevant subject from new perspectivesmdash;from the line is between reality/self on the internet to how cat videos demonstrate either that nothing matters; or that any art matters if anyone thinks it does. Thus; its an earnest attempt to uncover more about human naturemdash;especially in todays internet-driven world."mdash;Cool Hunting Fifteen writers; all addressing not just our fascination with cat videos; but also how we decide what is good or bad art; or art at all; how taste develops; how that can change; and why we love or hate something. Its about people and technology and just what it is about cats that makes them the internets cutest despots. Contributors include: Sasha Archibald; Will Braden; Stephen Burt; Maria Bustillos; David Carr; Matthea Harvey; Alexis Madrigal; Joanne McNeil; Ander Monson; Kevin Nguyen; Elena Passarello; Jillian Steinhauer; Sarah Schultz; and Carl Wilson.
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