Meaning of alt-lit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Clipping of alternative literature, a literary movement influenced by internet culture, social media, and online publishing that emerged in the 2010s.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of alt-lit.
   alt-of, uncountable

Examples

“Alt Lit are dismissive of conventional notions of original authorship. On the website of the digital publisher Muumuu House, run⟳ by Alt Lit writer Tao Lin, many featured works are curated Twitter feeds.”

“Tao Lin's novel Taipei best expresses the capitalist realism of Alt Lit.”

““He was adjacent to a specific literary group, called Alt-Lit, who were trying to establish⟳ a new canon in literature,” Cortassa says.”

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