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Francesco Levato<p>Hello, updated <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>!</p><p>I'm a <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poet</span></a>, <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/professor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>professor</span></a>, literary <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/translator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translator</span></a>, new media <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a>, and <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> writer. </p><p>I work in <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/experimental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>experimental</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/poetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetics</span></a>, speculative fiction, digital-visual collage, and hybrid works that blend the textual with the digital (including experimental film, <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a>, glitched imagery, and AI generated artwork).</p><p>I'm also an avid D&amp;D player and Dungeon Master.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/DigitalLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/eLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eLit</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Erasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erasure</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Collage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Collage</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AIArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIArt</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/VideoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoGames</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/DnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DnD</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTRPG</span></a></p>
Francesco Levato<p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a>: I'm a <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poet</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Professor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Professor</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Translator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Translator</span></a>, and <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMedia</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artist</span></a>. I work in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Experimental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Experimental</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetics</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/DigitalLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalLiterature</span></a> (<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/eLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eLit</span></a>), <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Erasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erasure</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Collage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Collage</span></a>, and <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Hybrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hybrid</span></a> works that blend the textual with the digital (including <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PoetryFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryFilm</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/VideoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoGames</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GlitchArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlitchArt</span></a>, and <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AIArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIArt</span></a>).</p><p>My most recent book, SCARLET, is a collection of digital-visual <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/poems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poems</span></a> created through <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/erasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erasure</span></a> of the novel The Scarlet Plague, by Jack London, collaged with glitched imagery from everyday life during the pandemic.</p>
Alex Saum<p>I've now learned I should do an <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> so:</p><p>I'm Alex Saum-Pascual. I am an associate professor at UC Berkeley, where I teach <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/digitalliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalliterature</span></a> (or <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/elit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elit</span></a>) and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/contemporary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contemporary</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spanish</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Iberianstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iberianstudies</span></a>. I am mostly in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Berkeley Center for New Media <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/bcnm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bcnm</span></a>. </p><p>I am also a digital <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poet</span></a>, and my work engages <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feminist</span></a> questions (surprise, so does my recent scholarship!). </p><p>And.... I am also from Spain, so I write in both English, Spanish and, most often, Spanglish.</p>