ELectronic Book Review

Ewan Branda, Tegan Pyke, Steve Tomasula, Lai-Tze Fan, Davin Heckman, Rob Wittig, Will Luers, Lori Emerson In these edited and approved transcripts from interviews conducted by Will Luers for the ebr@30 online commemoration, Ewan Brenda, Davin Heckman, Lori Emerson, Steve Tomasula, Lai-Tze Fan, Rob Wittig, Will Luers, and Tegan Pyke reflect on how they came to know Joe Tabbi and became involved with ebr.

Aired June 22, 2025 – XX:00 XX THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. [XX:00:00] FREDRICK GUY, ebr HOST: I’m Fredrick Guy. electronic book review barker and editor Tegan Pyke remains missing today, after allegedly falling between the liminal space between digital and printed textuality three months ago. Questions about the possible involvement of quantum literature critique continue.

Gabriela Jarzębowska Gabriela Jarzębowska reviews Interpreting Meat by Teddy Duncan Jr. By unmasking the hidden libidinal and discursive investments in meat, Duncan urges us to imagine a different kind of relationship with animals—one grounded not in domination or guilt, but in awareness, responsibility, and a reshaping of desire itself. In Interpreting Meat, Duncan addresses the important and yet undertheorized role of meat in the overall picture of relations between humans and animals.

Hannah Ackermans Hannah Ackermans introduces The Living Glossary of Digital Narrative via a discussion of digital communities and unintentional acts of exclusion, highlighting the importance of a shared vocabulary for accessibility in scholarship. This article is a lightly edited version of my keynote address at the Born Digital event on 5 February 2024, which kicked off a collaboration between Stuttgart University (Germany) and the University of Bergen (Norway).

Rob Wittig, Talan Memmott Rob Wittig and Talan Memmott reminisce about their favorite Netprovs. SUMMARY KEYWORDS people, thinking, platforms, performance, linkedin, play, character, ultimate fate, twitter, nighthawks, labor, clickbait, cultural, ai, memes, add, question, mark, scaffolding, talk SPEAKERS Talan Memmott, Rob Wittig Talan Memmott I can't remember exactly how I got involved in Netprov.

Kristine Jørgensen, Scott Rettberg This time around, Scott Rettberg is joined by Kristine Jørgensen, professor of media studies and PI at the Center for Digital Narrative. They discuss male gaming culture and transgressive games, and her involvement in the Games and Transgressive Aesthetics project, as well as her ongoing project Understanding Male Gamers. Scott Rettberg: Welcome to another episode of Off Center.

Monday 24th February 3216 steps (bad), 6 hrs 44 screen time (also, bad) Started journey to self-improvement by widening mind with new knowledge. First piece? “María Mencía’s e-Poetry: A Conversation Exploring Her Work,” an interview between Mencía (e-poet, scholar) and Yolanda De Gregorio Robledo (also scholar). Discovered so much about Mencía’s journey and practice, the importance of showcasing women’s work, and technology’s influence on literary evolution.

Patrick Jagoda, Scott Rettberg Scott Rettberg talks to Patrick Jagoda—University of Chicago professor and cofounder of both the Game Changer Chicago Design Lab and the Transmedia Story Lab—about transmedia storytelling, alternate reality games, the differences in narrative design for video games and ARGs, and the role ARGs can have in a community. Scott Rettberg: Welcome to another episode of Off Center. Today we're here with Patrick Jagoda. Welcome, Patrick. Patrick Jagoda: Hi Scott.

Mez Breeze This essay was peer-reviewed. Experimental storyteller and digital artist Mez Breeze explores the liminal spaces of The Backrooms, a found footage web series which is based on a popular creepypasta of the same name. In doing so, Breeze confronts the feelings of alienation and predation inherent to late-stage capitalist society. Introduction The Backrooms is a viral found footage series created by Kane Parsons, a Youtuber-turned-traditional-filmmaker.

Yolanda De Gregorio Robledo, María Mencía In this conversation with Yolanda De Gregorio Robledo, e-poet María Mencía discusses her journey as an artist and scholar. In doing so, María reveals her artistic interests, the influences the electronic literature community has had on her work, and the importance of highlighting women's contributions to the field of electronic literature as a whole.