Join us for the second of nine Traversals this year, The Election of 1912, performed by authors, Mark Bernstein and Erin Sweeney. Because The Election of 1912 is the first of 48 born-digital works published by Eastgate Systems, Inc., this event should be of interest of scholars of hypertext studies, electronic literature, early digital culture, material culture, and electronic writing. Also of interest to an Americans audience is the political ramifications of the 1912 election: Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat, ran against incumbent Republican president, Howard Taft, and 3rd party candidate Theodore Roosevelt of the Bull Moose Party, and won. It was the first time since 1892 that a Democrat had…

Below is the press release from Washington State University Vancouver dated 8 September 2020 about our new ELL Affiliates: https://bit.ly/2Zvv9Rl WSU Vancouver’s Electronic Literature Lab hosts two international scholars Two internationally renowned scholars will spend the 2020/21 academic year at WSU Vancouver as research affiliates in the Electronic Literature Lab. They are Astrid Ensslin, professor in digital humanities and game studies and director of media and technology studies at the University of Alberta, Canada; and Mariusz Pisarski, of the Department of Media Communication and Journalism at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów, Poland. The two will collaborate with ELL Director Dene Grigar on such projects as live-streamed performances…

Rebooting Electronic Literature Volume 3, co-authored by Dene Grigar, Holly Slocum, Kathleen Zoller, Nicholas Schiller, Moneca Roath, and Mariah Gwin, was released on Monday, August 31, 2020 at 8 a.m. PDT. This open-source, multimedia book produced on the Scalar platform features born digital literary works published on floppy disks, CD-ROMs, and other media formats held among the 300 in Grigar’s personal collection in the Electronic Literature Lab at Washington State University Vancouver. An annual publication, the book features selected works highlighted for a Traversal during the year.  The five works selected for Volume 3 all constitute long-form narrative writing often identified as a hypertext novel or interactive narrative. Several of them  have been deemed by critics over the…

The ELL Team spent some time during our weekly team meeting yesterday reflecting about the projects we took up and/or completed over the 14 weeks of the summer. As the time passed, the list grew. A frequent, “Oh, we forgot this one!” and “Oh, remember we did that, too?” produced a litany of work recounted with no little bit of reverence by the five of us. So, in the spirit of documentation, here is the list that shows that we spent our summer vacation very fruitfully. . . Presented a paper the DHSI Project Management conference We kicked off our summer break with Holly, Kathleen and I preparing for the…

Having just spent the better part of a month preparing for ACM Hypertext ’20 and ELO 2020, especially on the reading and exhibition associated with “An Afternoon with afternoon,” the question is, “Now What?” Ah, dear readers, never fear! The ELL Team has plenty to keep itself busy with. Here is the rundown as of today: Rebooting Electronic Literature, Volume 3 Our annual book, now in its third year, is due at the end of August.  Electronic Literature Lab Catalog Yes, we are still migrating content from the old catalog to the new one. But it is gradually getting done. Electronic Literature Repository We continue to add works to this…

  The ELL Team is involved in two virtual conferences this week: ACM Hypertext ’20 and ELO 2020. Both were meant to be co-located in Orlando, FL and hosted by the University of Central Florida. The coronavirus, however, moved them both to Zoom, Discord, and other platforms.  On July 15, we are hosting the virtual event, “An Afternoon with afternoon,” an event that takes place on Zoom during the last day of Hypertext ’20 and the 1st day of ELO 2020. Dene is moderating; Greg, Holly, and Kathleen are trouble-shooting and managing the Chat. Dene is also on an asynchronous panel, entitled “1990s Literary Hypertext in the 21st Century,” with…