Newsletter
PreCursor Monthly – June 2021 This is the start of Year II of me doing this monthly newsletter charting lines of continuity between literature old and new, print and electronic. Despite making those broad connections across centuries, however, this entry is focused on a big picture issue I think about a
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
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
Electronic Literature
Below, I give a quick introduction to how you can create your own generative literary work, even if you have no technical knowledge. I start with some worthwhile context, but feel free to skip down to "Writing a Generative Poem" if you just want to get started writing.
Literature Yet to Come
A literary exploration of the art of cancellation as understood through Zadie Smith's "Now More Than Ever" and Evan Harris' Suspended. There are among us extraordinary artists, though the artistry of their craft is little acknowledged. We must occasionally review the scope of what we