Timothy Wilcox has a PhD in English and studies computer-based writing, British Romanticism, imagination, and the wider context of literary shifts within the digital age.
Electronic Literature
Five years have past; five summers, with the length Of five long winters! — William Wordsworth, "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798" In William Wordsworth's "The Ruined Cottage," we saw
Literature Past
A poem title might be a brief cryptic image or phrase – some little glimpse of something that gets one thinking of evokes an emotion. It is sometimes imagined that Romantic poetry is all about emotion, yet many of William Wordsworth's titles are very precisely defined. Charlie Kaufman'
Film
Promising Young Woman just won "Best Original Screenplay" at the Academy Awards, but one of its biggest twists on the genre has largely gone without remark: Cassie's non-violent revenge spree is enabled through technological advancements that simultaneously make the story's originating moment more possible.
Literature Yet to Come
At the start of this month, I sent out "Anti-Text Revolution." April Fools' is a fun opportunity to play with expectations. Of course I support literacy, and ultimately make the case there for the need to support an exceptionally high level of reading comprehension – and yet, O!
Newsletter
PreCursor Monthly – April 2021 The following post must be read, but maybe it will be the last thing you read. I will explain more below, but you might begin by wondering how I will keep up a literary newsletter while rejecting text. I am excited to announce that following a
Newsletter
PreCursor Monthly – March 2021 Prophets of Nature, we to them will speak A lasting inspiration, sanctified By reason and by truth; what we have loved Others will love, and we may teach them how: Instruct them how the mind of man becomes A thousand times more beautiful than the earth
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PreCursor Monthly – February 2021 We are now beyond the time of Johnny Mnemonic, which was set in January 2021, and it is worth reflecting on the distinction between material limitations and human ones. Johnny is a mnemonic courier, a cyborg who smuggles information in his head. For data too sensitive
Electronic Literature
Explaining "generative poetry" without demonstration is harder than explaining the plot of Finnegans Wake, but adapting a generative poem with one's own original text is easier than writing a haiku. The device you are reading on right now is capable of much more than writing static
Electronic Literature
Below is a brief introduction to J. R. Carpenter's ...and by islands I mean paragraphs (2014). Read ...and by islands I mean paragraphs for yourself online here [http://luckysoap.com/andbyislands]. Then, consider registering to join [https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrcOCtqj0pG9xBrEs_3AivzFWihLC3deT-] a free, live, open group
Electronic Literature
Below is a brief introduction to J. R. Carpenter's Etheric Ocean (2014). Read Etheric Ocean for yourself online here [http://luckysoap.com/ethericocean]. Then, consider registering to join [https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrcOCtqj0pG9xBrEs_3AivzFWihLC3deT-] a free, live, open group discussion with J. R. Carpenter – scheduled for this
Electronic Literature
Below is a brief introduction to J. R. Carpenter's The Pleasure of the Coast: A Hydrographic Novel (2019). Read The Pleasure of the Coast for yourself online here [http://luckysoap.com/pleasurecoast/]. Then, consider registering to join [https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrcOCtqj0pG9xBrEs_3AivzFWihLC3deT-] a free, live, open
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PreCursor Monthly – January 2021 As we enter into 2021, I am left with strong optimism for the future of literature, particularly electronic literature. Over the past week, I did a series of Twitter polls feeling out the expectations of some of my followers, leading me to make the following prediction: