Electronic Literature and Future Books
Channel: MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Date: 2016-04-20

Mainstream and avant-garde poets and fiction writers have been exploring the literary potential of the computer for decades, creating work that goes far beyond today's e-books. The creators of electronic literature have developed new interface methods, new techniques for collaboration, and new ways of linking language, computing, and other media elements. Duke University professor Katherine Hayles, University of California Santa Barbara professor Rita Raley and MIT's Nick Montfort discussed how electronic literature has influenced other media and the implications of having literary projects in the digital sphere alongside other forms of communication and art. MIT literature professor David Thorburn moderated.