The Cybernetic Turn: Literary into Cultural Criticism
Joseph TabbiJoseph Tabbi reviews the essay collection Simulacrum America.
The ‘Environment’ Is Us
Harold FrommTaking up the green thread from ebr4, Harold Fromm reviews three new books of eco-criticism >--- ebr4 critical ecologies.
Restoring Dora Marsden
Michael WutzMichael Wutz reviews Bruce Clarke's Dora Marsden and Early Modernism: Gender, Individualism, Science
enGendering Technology: a review
Martha HennMartha Henn reviews
Joseph McElroy: fathoming the field
William Smith Wilson
Toward a definition of a postmodern genre: the field-novel.
Post-Wankery: A Review of Infinite Jest
Piotr SiemionPiotr Siemion discusses
Canadian Jeremiad
Andrew McMurryAndrew McMurry reviews John Livingstone's Rogue Primate: An exploration of human domestication.
From Virtual Reality to Phantomatics and Back
Paisley LivingstonPaisley Livingston on Stanislaw Lem and the history and philosphy of Virtual Reality.
Anti-Negroponte: Cybernetic Subjectivity in Digital Being and Time
Timothy LukeTimothy Luke reviews Nicholas Negroponte and takes a second look at 'digital subjectivity.'
Critical Ecologies
David CassutoAn art installation as much as an "issue," the original site for ebr4, Critical Ecologies, used variations on a concrete poem by Daniel Wenk to guide readers through the "green" and "gray" essays. Another innovation was the introduction of the riposte section.
Attractions Around Mount St. Helens
Joseph McElroyJoseph McElroy shares field notes and reflections from Mount St. Helens.