MLA Presentation: Cyborg Authors and the Eliza Effect

I’m sharing the slideshow and an audio recording of my talk “Cyborg Authors and the Eliza Effect” which is part of an MLA 2024 panel titled “Generative Text and the Future of Electronic Literature.” Here’s a link to a recorded version of the talk. I hope you find it useful!

Rescued and Renewed Works: Taco Hell Menu, Tiny Protests, Jurakán Borinqueño, Protestitas and a Bonus

The past few months I’ve been rescuing four works that I created using Tracery and published as Twitter bots using Cheap Bots Done Quick! (CBDQ). As you may know, Twitter’s recent changes have rendered CBDQ inoperable, and thousands of bots have gone silent as a result, a sad bot extinction event. Fortunately for my bots,… Continue reading Rescued and Renewed Works: Taco Hell Menu, Tiny Protests, Jurakán Borinqueño, Protestitas and a Bonus

New Creative Works: “Tentative” and “It’s Complicated”

Image credit: The Los Angeles Review

This Spring, I created a series of works that explore Puerto Rico’s relation to the United States. It was catalyzed by the recent Puerto Rico Status Act, which seeks “to resolve Puerto Rico’s political status” with a plebiscite that offers “eligible voters a choice of independence, sovereignty in free association with the United States, or… Continue reading New Creative Works: “Tentative” and “It’s Complicated”

Electronic Literature Publications and Open Calls: May 2023 Roundup

I just published a Twitter thread on currently active and open publications for electronic literature in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. This is a wonderful time to create and publish #eliterature, in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. Here are a few recent publications and open calls (a brief thread) you should be aware of: — Leonardo Flores,… Continue reading Electronic Literature Publications and Open Calls: May 2023 Roundup

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New Syllabus: Ethnic American Digital Literature and Writing

Last year, I received a Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium (DEFCon) Fellowship to develop a course on Ethnic American Electronic Literature, with the interest of diversifying my beloved field with representation from historically underrepresented voices in the US and Canada. This is attuned to my recent work to diversify the field internationally and within the U.S.… Continue reading New Syllabus: Ethnic American Digital Literature and Writing

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[Keynote] Elit Origin Stories: Awakening to the Potential of Digital Writing

On January 16, I was honored to give the opening keynote address titled “Elit Origin Stories: Awakening to the Potential of Digital Writing” at a virtual conference titled E-Literature: Explorations in Literary Creativity, hosted by the Department of English at Jamia Millia Islamia University, in Delhi, India. Here’s the recording of my talk and Q&A.… Continue reading [Keynote] Elit Origin Stories: Awakening to the Potential of Digital Writing

Goodbye ELO Board of Directors: Hello LAB and New Initiatives

At ELO Italia, the Board presented me with the LEO quilt, a play on the ELO logo. Quilt created by Anastasia Salter.

As of today, I am no longer part of the Electronic Literature Organization’s Board of Directors. The reason is simple: since I joined in January 2014, I have renewed my board membership twice, and feel like three 3-year terms is enough time to dedicate to help lead an organization, so I didn’t apply to renew… Continue reading Goodbye ELO Board of Directors: Hello LAB and New Initiatives

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