Zachary Mason’s Calculus of Writing, Applied to a Classic - NYTimes.com: "“What I’m interested in scientifically is understanding thought with computational precision,” he explained. “I mean, the romantic idea that poetry comes from this deep inarticulable ur-stuff is a nice idea, but I think it is essentially false. I think the mind is articulable and the heart probably knowable. Unless you’re a mystic and believe in a soul, which I don’t, you really don’t have any other conclusion you can reach besides that the mind is literally a computer.”
Without an agent to help him, Mr. Mason was just as methodical in his effort to get “The Lost Books” into print. In 2007 he entered it in a competition sponsored by Starcherone Books, a small, independent press based in Buffalo, and won first prize: $1,000 and publication.
“This book was so perfect from the moment I first saw it that it was obviously destined for something spectacular,” said Ted Pelton, Starcherone’s founder. “It didn’t even feel to me like a real person had written it. Instead, it felt like one of those born-from-the-head-of-Zeus things.”"
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