Another show, more publications, a fabulous grad class, and the eternal sunshine of the COVID-19 pandemic

Fall is way on its way and I have [as always] been falling behind on sharing good news. Here’s a few lovely things that happened this semester: I published a new poem “Made to Disappear” in the German-Austrian magazine Perspektive, part of a special issue on the digital avant-garde curated by Sylvia Egger. This is Another show, more publications, a fabulous grad class, and the eternal sunshine of the COVID-19 pandemic

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 😉