Lori Emerson examines how interfaces--from today's multitouch devices to yesterday's desktops, from typewriters to Emily Dickinson's self-bound fascicle volumes--mediate between writer and text as well as between writer and reader. Following the threads of experimental writing from the present i[...]

The study of what is collectively labeled "New Media" - the cultural and artistic practices made possible by digital technology - has become one of the most vibrant areas of scholarly activity and is rapidly turning into an established academic field, with many universities now offering it as a majo[...]