I was recently (March 25 - April 9, 2013) interviewed via e-mail by Pia Sophie Berg, a student at the University of Oslo and writer in the student-run literary journal Litteraturtidsskriftet LASSO. The interview (an abridged version of it) was published in the issue depicted above. I have scanned the published interview-- abridged due to lack of space in the publication-- and included the rest of the interview in this document, available online via Scribd.
This interview should be of interest to literature students curious (and perhaps anxious) about e-literature, regular readers of this blog, and anyone who teaches e-literature. In the interview I discuss the following topics:
- I ♥ E-Poetry's title, particularly the use of the "♥".
- Its goal of accelerating a literary and cultural shift towards the digital.
- A definition of e-literature written for literature students.
- Advice for current literature students on how to prepare for the (already ongoing) "digital turn."
- I ♥ E-Poetry role in meeting the need for content curation.
- Answers to the FAQs:
- "How do you choose what to publish?"
- "Do you have to 'like' the piece to publish it on your blog?"