[Air-l] Fwd: Electronic Literature Interactions Reading with Shelley Jackson, Jan. 11th 2002 in Chicago

[Steve Jones]

><http://www.eliterature.org/interactions/>
>
>The ELO's Interactions series continues January 11th 2002 with one of the
>most fun and exciting authors working in electronic literature, Shelley
>Jackson. I hope you'll be able to join us as we kick off the palindromic New
>Year with a look at Shelley's latest work of electronic literature "The Doll
>Games."
>
>WHEN:  Friday, January 11th, 7 P.M.
>
>WHERE: University of Illinois at Chicago Student Services Building
>Conference Room B
>1200 W. Harrison
>(northwest corner of Harrison and Racine)
>Chicago, Illinois
>
>Admission to the event is free.
>
>ABOUT SHELLEY JACKSON
>
>Shelley Jackson is the author of the virtually-canonized hypertext novel
>Patchwork Girl published by Eastgate <http://www.eastgate.com>. Jackson was
>recently selected as a Village Voice Writer on the Verge. Jackson describes
>herself as the lovechild of Samuel Beckett and Pippi Longstocking. On her
>website, <http://www.ineradicablestain.com> she writes: "Shelley Jackson was
>extracted from the bum leg of a water buffalo in 1963 in the Philippines and
>grew up complaining in Berkeley, California. Bravely overcoming a chronic
>pain in her phantom limb, she extracted an AB in art from Stanford and an
>MFA in creative writing from Brown. She has spent most of her life in used
>bookstores, smearing unidentified substances on the spines, and is duly
>obsessed with books: paper, glue, and ink.
>
>As for ink on paper, she has left her ineradicable stain on Conjunctions,
>Fence, The Fetish Anthology, and many restaurant napkins. Her first book,
>The Melancholy of Anatomy, will be published by Anchor in January 2002.
>Shelley Jackson also illustrates children's books, including two of her own,
>The Old Woman and the Wave and the forthcoming Alchemical Dog. She lives in
>transit and specializes in everything."
>
>ABOUT THE RESPONDENT, JOSEPH TABBI
>
>Joseph Tabbi is the author of Postmodern Sublime (Cornell 1995) and American
>Autopoiesis (Minnesota, forthcoming). He edits the electronic book review,
>teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago and is at work on editions
>of the last fiction and collected non-fiction of William Gaddis
>(Viking/Penguin). His essay on Mark Amerika appeared at the Walker Art
>Center's phon:e:me site, a 2000 Webby Award nominee.
>
>This series of events brings together some of the most innovative artists
>working in electronic literature with humanities scholars, who will lead
>audience and author discussions of works shown. An online archive will be
>created this spring to document the events.
>
>The Interactions series is sponsored by the Illinois Humanities Council,
>the Illinois Arts Council, the Chicago Humanities Festival, and the
>University of Illinois - Chicago Communication Dept.
>
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>
>ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC LITERATURE ORGANIZATION
>
>The Electronic Literature Organization <www.eliterature.org> is a 501(c)(3)
>nonprofit organization with a mission to promote and facilitate the writing,
>reading, and publishing of literature designed for the electronic media.
>The ELO is directed by a national board of leading experts
>in electronic literature, technology, and publishing, and is additionally
>advised by an international board of literary advisors. The ELO maintains
>the Electronic Literature Directory and an Electronic Literature Web
>Resource Center. The ELO is supported by the donations of individual
>members, by corporate sponsorship and by foundations including the Ford
>Foundation. The ELO is now headquartered at the University of California-Los
>Angeles, which will host the 2002 STATE OF THE ARTS SYMPOSIUM
><http://www.eliterature.org/state/>.
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>
>CONTACT
>
>If the web site doesn't answer your questions about the Interactions series,
>or for further info contact Scott Rettberg at <773.769.3540> or
><rettberg at eliterature.org>
>
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>
>Hope to see you on the evening of the 11th. Tell your friends!
>
>All Best,
>
>Scott
>
>
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