From my room to yours
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
**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
Hola ELO! I’m now a director!
part of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Literature Organization!!! With all the madness around the world, this sort of slipped through, but I thought it would be good to keep some sort of published record of this piece of good news during these trying times (future readers of the future: I am talking … Hola ELO! I’m now a director!
Poetry and The Senses Fellowship
I might still not quite believe it but I am a 2020 Poetry Fellow at the Arts Research Center. This fellowship will allow me to work with a group of fantastically talented and interesting Bay Area poets around the main theme of “emergency”. While this is a broad topic, our main goal will be to … Poetry and The Senses Fellowship
New Essay on Fragmentation, Digital Technologies, and Global Cities in Late Capitalism
(Yes, all of the above) I am so happy to share this new article I wrote for Revista de Estudios Hispánicos (53.2) analyzing the works of Jorge Carrión, Kenneth Goldsmith and Vicente Luis Mora! You can read it all freely and openly thanks to Project Muse HERE And here’s the abstract for you*: *Essay is … New Essay on Fragmentation, Digital Technologies, and Global Cities in Late Capitalism
Escribir es escribir como si pensáramos en presente
Estoy muy feliz de compartir mi ensayo “As We May Think/Escribir es escribir como si pensáramos en presente” que ha salido en Fobias – Fonias – Fagias. Escritas Experimentais e Eletrónicas Ibero-Afro-Latinoamericanas, un libro hermosísimo editado por Claudia Kozak y Rui Torres, publicado en la serie Cibertextualidades de la Universidade Fernando Pessoa. El volumen completo, … Escribir es escribir como si pensáramos en presente
Summer News, What’s New?
Although I am currently in Madrid taking a little breather, this summer has not been without excitement! Let’s catch up a little: The month of May ended with my participation in Mexico City’s Festival El Aleph where I showed my piece, “Perspectiva_el Aleph”, part of a collaborative multimedia performance, “El texto infinito,” designed together with … Summer News, What’s New?
Tenure!!
I’ve been promoted to Associate Professor! What else can I say about these awesome news!? I won’t, but if you want, you can read what the BCNM had to say about it 😉
#YouTubers and #Selfiepoetry at #NetNarr
*Did I use enough #hashtags in this title? Yesterday I had the honor and pleasure (and fun!) of participating in one of the Studio Visits that Mia Zamora and Alan Levine organize as part of their terrific #netnarr open connected course at Kean University. It was amazing to talk to their students about my #YouTubers … #YouTubers and #Selfiepoetry at #NetNarr
Chica-go! Jan 2019: DH and #YouTubers
Go, go, go, Chica-go! 2019 started with a quick but adventure-packed trip to Chicago to perform at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Jan 4), as well as participate in a roundtable discussion at MLA (Jan 5), and have the most decadent vegan feast at Matthew Kenny’s Althea (to celebrate my birthday in … Chica-go! Jan 2019: DH and #YouTubers