Is there an inherent power dynamic (inferiority or superiority) between E-literature and print literature?
• What is the role of E-literature? Before I offer my thoughts on these questions I should pause to confess my newbie status in the world of E-Literature. Im one of those cavemen who still composes first drafts on legal pads (admittedly an upgrade from wall carvings, but a far cry from the world of the E-Literature author). I’ve often joked that should I become famous I could be the first poet to be endorsed by the Pilot pen company; though I suppose we’ll probably see Amy Winehouse espousing the virtues of sobriety before we see a famous poet, but I digress. I am a newbie, a novice, a virgin who has arrived at the E-literature orgy well after everyone else has disrobed. A year ago I hadnt even heard of electronic literature. Attending a presentation by Stephanie Strickland changed that. I was enthralled by the woman and her work. I decided, despite my technological limitations, to find a place for myself in the world of E-literature that Strickland now embodied in my mind. What exactl
