Poetry

Futuros: imaginarios, redes y prácticas digitales en la cultura española. Un catálogo de posibles

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I am super excited to share with you this special issue that Álvaro Llosa and myself have co-edited for The Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies (Vol 24.1). Including articles by scholars Nuria Rodríguez-Ortega, Vega Sánchez Aparicio, Laura Sánchez Gómez and artist Tina Escaja; speculative essays by Belén Gache, and Álvaro Llosa; creative essays by Germán … Futuros: imaginarios, redes y prácticas digitales en la cultura española. Un catálogo de posibles

Emerge/ncy: a new poetry chapbook

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Last Monday, the Arts Research Center had the most beautiful party for the launch of Emerge/ncy, a chapbook presenting the work of the 2020 Poetry and the Senses Fellows, and my very dear friends, Menat Allah El Attma, Nathalie Khankin, Rusty Morrison, Gracia Mwamba, Beth Piatote, Jared Robinson, Jennif(f)er Tamayo (and myself). It was a … Emerge/ncy: a new poetry chapbook

Cyberfeminisms

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Have you ever wondered what that might mean? I am not truly sure, but the new book edited by Isabel Navas Ocaña and Dolores Romero, Ciberfeminismos, tecnotextualidades y transgéneros: Literatura digital en español escrita por mujeres, attempts a few approaches (and some definitions). While casting a wide net around these topics, the book focuses on … Cyberfeminisms

Happy New Year! Here’s a New Poem

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10 days into the new year and it feels like 2020 is still dragging… (2022 is pronounced “twenty twenty too” for a reason). But not all is bad news, here’s a lovely new poem I built using Qualtrics to cheer you up: Potential Ideas and Other Things that Live in Your Gut It was published … Happy New Year! Here’s a New Poem

On bodies, surveys, virus and rooms…

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Enter Corporate Poetry: I am thrilled to share this new article on my Corporate Poetry project that just got published in Texts of Discomfort (Carnegie Mellon ETC Press, 2021), edited by María Cecilia Reyes and James Pope. In their own words: Can discomfort be blissful? This volume presents an in-depth reflection of the selected artworks … On bodies, surveys, virus and rooms…

A new show, a new talk, and a new life

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This Fall semester has been particularly quiet in terms of work, yet substantially louder in terms of life. Oh, the noise a new baby makes! Still, I didn’t want to let too much time pass without a little update, because I did participate in a couple exciting art projects. My interactive poem “Potential Ideas and … A new show, a new talk, and a new life

Another show, more publications, a fabulous grad class, and the eternal sunshine of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Fall is way on its way and I have [as always] been falling behind on sharing good news. Here’s a few lovely things that happened this semester: I published a new poem “Made to Disappear” in the German-Austrian magazine Perspektive, part of a special issue on the digital avant-garde curated by Sylvia Egger. This is … Another show, more publications, a fabulous grad class, and the eternal sunshine of the COVID-19 pandemic

From my room to yours

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The generous and inspirational folks from Poetry and the Senses at the Arts Research Center invited me to read a poem: Many thanks! and I hope you enjoy it–we all need a little poetry these days. AlexOX

Sore Thumbs

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**I originally published this elsewhere for the Arts Research Center** I haven’t read a book in weeks. I spend all my reading hours glued to my phone. By the time I am done scrolling words, I feel motion sickness. My right thumb is sort of numb too. When I was a teenager I would go … Sore Thumbs