Often overlooked in larger discussions of the digital divide and virtually absent from analyses of new technologies for online publishing, literary zines and electronic literature are potentially rich and untapped resources. The author explores the na...
Often overlooked in larger discussions of the digital divide and virtually absent from analyses of new technologies for online publishing, literary zines and electronic literature are potentially rich and untapped resources. The author explores the nature of online literary zines and electronic literature in the U.S., especially in the context of gender. The paper also poses and attempts to answer the following questions: 1)Does the gendered digital divide translate to the world of literature in electronic media? 2)If so, how? 3)If not, what might current best practices and successful approaches to literary zines and electronic literature teach us about how a truly equitable Internet culture might work? The paper also offers an overview of the current state of the online literary scene in the U.S