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The ELO's Interactions series continues January 11th 2002 with one of the most fun and exciting authors working in electronic literature, Shelley Jackson. I hope you'll be able to join us as we kick off the palindromic New Year with a look at Shelley's latest work of electronic literature "The Doll Games."

WHEN: Friday, January 11th, 7 P.M.

WHERE: University of Illinois at Chicago Student Services Building Conference Room B 1200 W. Harrison (northwest corner of Harrison and Racine) Chicago, Illinois

Admission to the event is free.

ABOUT SHELLEY JACKSON

Shelley Jackson is the author of the virtually-canonized hypertext novel Patchwork Girl published by Eastgate <http://www.eastgate.com>. Jackson was recently selected as a Village Voice Writer on the Verge. Jackson describes herself as the lovechild of Samuel Beckett and Pippi Longstocking. On her website, <http://www.ineradicablestain.com> she writes: "Shelley Jackson was extracted from the bum leg of a water buffalo in 1963 in the Philippines and grew up complaining in Berkeley, California. Bravely overcoming a chronic pain in her phantom limb, she extracted an AB in art from Stanford and an MFA in creative writing from Brown. She has spent most of her life in used bookstores, smearing unidentified substances on the spines, and is duly obsessed with books: paper, glue, and ink.

As for ink on paper, she has left her ineradicable stain on Conjunctions, Fence, The Fetish Anthology, and many restaurant napkins. Her first book, The Melancholy of Anatomy, will be published by Anchor in January 2002. Shelley Jackson also illustrates children's books, including two of her own, The Old Woman and the Wave and the forthcoming Alchemical Dog. She lives in transit and specializes in everything."

ABOUT THE RESPONDENT, JOSEPH TABBI

Joseph Tabbi is the author of Postmodern Sublime (Cornell 1995) and American Autopoiesis (Minnesota, forthcoming). He edits the electronic book review, teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago and is at work on editions of the last fiction and collected non-fiction of William Gaddis (Viking/Penguin). His essay on Mark Amerika appeared at the Walker Art Center's phon:e:me site, a 2000 Webby Award nominee.

This series of events brings together some of the most innovative artists working in electronic literature with humanities scholars, who will lead audience and author discussions of works shown. An online archive will be created this spring to document the events.

The Interactions series is sponsored by the Illinois Humanities Council, the Illinois Arts Council, the Chicago Humanities Festival, and the University of Illinois - Chicago Communication Dept.

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ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC LITERATURE ORGANIZATION

The Electronic Literature Organization <www.eliterature.org> is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to promote and facilitate the writing, reading, and publishing of literature designed for the electronic media. The ELO is directed by a national board of leading experts in electronic literature, technology, and publishing, and is additionally advised by an international board of literary advisors. The ELO maintains the Electronic Literature Directory and an Electronic Literature Web Resource Center. The ELO is supported by the donations of individual members, by corporate sponsorship and by foundations including the Ford Foundation. The ELO is now headquartered at the University of California-Los Angeles, which will host the 2002 STATE OF THE ARTS SYMPOSIUM <http://www.eliterature.org/state/>. *******************

CONTACT

If the web site doesn't answer your questions about the Interactions series, or for further info contact Scott Rettberg at <773.769.3540> or <rettberg@eliterature.org>

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Hope to see you on the evening of the 11th. Tell your friends!

All Best,

Scott

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