In this interview, Daniela Calisi talks about her concept of electronic literature and more specifically electronic poetry. This interview was also published in “Texto Digital”, v. 11, n. 1 (2015). Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil. ISSNe 1807-9288
Erik Loyer is an awarded author of digital works based in California (USA). In this interview, he talks about digital writing tools, the use of visuals and gaming features in his works as well as important issues like preservation of digital works and the restrictions of digital rights management (DRM).
In this interview Jason Nelson, an awarded author of works of electronic literature and senior lecturer at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. He talks about his approach in the field of electronic literature and some characteristics of his works like gaming features, the reader’s interaction and the visuals. Nelson has published this interview on his webpage
Christine Wilks is an awarded digital writer, artist and developer of playable stories who participated in different projects in the field of electronic literature. In this interview, she talks about her interest in electronic literature, her activism in the different projects as well as the use of different media tools and of ludic elements in her works.
Judy Malloy is a pioneer in the field of electronic literature. As she writes in this interview, she wrote the first hyperfiction in 1986 called “Uncle Rogers” a series of works of hypernarratives for Eastgate Systems, the first hypertext publishing house founded in 1982 in Watertown, Massachusetts (USA). The interview is a resume of her work as an author and visiting lecturer at Princeton University that still goes on as her latest publication in 2016 can prove.
Jessica Pressman is associated professor at San Diego State University (USA) and a member of the Board of Direction of the Electronic Literature Organization. This interview is focused on her work in the academic field, her essays and her books as well as the project of the Electronic Literature Organization.
This is the first interview of a series called Electronic Literature Review Promotion. These interviews are published one month before the event takes place.
This is the first interview of a series called Electronic Literature Review Featuring. I re-publish interviews of other web pages with the permission of the interviewer or the interviewee.
This is the second interview of Rui Torres for the ELR. He answered some questions about the event that he chaired.