Brian Oliu
Virus
Bio:
Brian Oliu is originally from New Jersey and is currently receiving his MFA from the University of Alabama. His work has been featured in Swink and is forthcoming in the New Ohio Review.
From the Author:
Being a non-fiction writer, I struggle with the idea of memory in my writing, therefore I choose to frame the majority of his work in various computer viruses. I tend to envision the brain and the self as a machine, and feel as if memory is susceptible to the temptation of computer viruses (who wouldn’t want to click on something that promises to show Jennifer Lopez naked, or a surprising love-letter from a long-time friend?) The choice to have the computer “read” the piece came after having some difficulty reading my work in a public space as a lot of the works are highly visual. By having the computer read the work for me, I am able to portray the idea behind the piece as a whole (e.g. the use of repetition, jargon that would sound absurd if I read it) and have people hear it as it was intended.
