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O William Gillespie dança um forró com Spineless Books que vai acabar com o imperalismo das empresas editoriais em Nova Iorque.
Writing is the simple act of taking everything into account—Q. Synopsis
Publications Exhibitions, Installations, Panels, Papers, Performances, Plays, Radio Appearances Electronic Works Translations Writing Awards Reviews and Press Electronic Literature
Publications
2008
“Greeen.” Book Glutton. Urbana. 2008.
Various articles. Smile Politely. Urbana. 2008.
<http://smilepolitely.com/william_gillespie/>Gillespie, William, and Crystalline Scoggins. Various Articles. Smile Politely, Urbana. Rock Geek Chic, Urbana. <http://www.smilepolitely.com/william_gillespie_and_cd_scoggins/>
Poetry. Cannot Exist (Fall 2008). Madison, WI.
Haiku. River Bed Haiku (Spring 2008).
<http://riverbedhaiku.com/Spring2008.html#WilliamGillespie>2007
Dead Aria. Cleveland: NeoPepper Press, 2007.
Gillespie, William, and Dirk Stratton. “Goodbayou.” admit2 16 (March 2007).
2006
"Specialty Oils in the Kitchen." inform 17:11 (November 2006) 693-5.
Burkhardt, Rick, and William Gillespie. “Glenn Gould’s Second Recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations.” admit2 14 (November 2006).
(digital art) Word Museum. Iowa Review Web. September 2006. University of Iowa.
(photography). The 50 States and Washington D.C. New York: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2006.
“Web-work Schematic of Marie Rednonnet's Nevermore” (Viual art). Encyclopedia 1:1. Providence, RI.
2005
“After the Revolution.” Issues (2005 Calendar): November.
“Eating DeLillo.” Like Water Burning 1.1 (2005): 49-51.
Gillespie, William, and Nick Montfort. “The Executor.” BathHouse 4:1 (2005).
< http://www.emich.edu/studentorgs/bhouse/executor.html>.“From Letter to Lamont.” Gillespie, William. Paragraph 9:1 (Summer 2005): 17.
“Textfed.” Notre Dame Review 19 (Winter 2005): 150-151.
Montfort, Nick, & William Gillespie. “2002.” Watershed 1:2 (Fall/Winter 2004): 29-31.
“Killing the President.” Marginalia 1:2 (Fall 2005): 16-19.
2004
“On Harry Stephen Keeler.” Ninthletter 1:2 (Fall/Winter 2004): 133-135.
“The RISD Beach.” Watershed 1:1 (Spring 2004): 48.
Gillespie, William, Scott Rettberg, and Rob Wittig. “Unknown on &Now.” Electronic Book Review (2004). <http://www.electronicbookreview.com/>.
“Web-Work For the Twenty-first Century.” Keeler News 48 (July 2004).
Letter to Lamont. Providence: Spineless Books, 2004.
“Pasta With Black Olive Puree” (recipe in cookbook). Ten Comforts. Providence: Horse Less Press, 2004.
2003
Chatelain, Julia. “Publishing models for electronic literature.” State of the Arts: The Proceedings of the Electronic Literature Organization's 2002 State of the Arts Symposium & 2001 Electronic Literature Awards. Los Angeles: Electronic Literature Organization, 2003. 109-112.
“Hypertext, Collaboration, and the Beatles.” Cybertext Yearbook (2002-2003): 186-200.
Synopsis, Q. Johnny Werd: The Fire Continues. Urbana: Spineless Books, 2003.
2002
“C Can Cause Cancer.” Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics 35:2 (May 2002): 157.
“Dow and Union Carbide to Merge.” Iowa Review Web. Sep. 1 2002. University of Iowa. <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/sept/index.html>.
“Jimmy Carter Dies at Guantanamo Bay.” Poets Against the War.
“Letter to Linus.” Iowa Review Web. Sep. 1 2002. University of Iowa. <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/sept/index.html>.
“Newspoetry Personality Inventory.” Public I 2:7 (August 2002).
“Profile: Bill Taylor.” The WEFT Revue 10:1 January-Feburary 2002.
“Sequence.” Iowa Review Web. Sep. 1 2002. University of Iowa. <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/sept/index.html>.
Montfort, Nick, and William Gillespie. 2002: A Palindrome Story in 2002 Words. Urbana: Spineless Books, 2002.
2001
“Case Studies of Collaboration.” Poets & Writers 29:1 (Jan.-Feb. 2001): 56-57.
“Greeen.” Microtitles. Beehive (2001). <http://microtitles.com/microt-Item05.html>.
“Is Charles Bernstein a Political Poet?” Electronic Book Review 11 (2001). <http://www.altx.com/ebr/reviews/rev11/gillespie/index.htm>.
“How You Know It's War.” E-poets (26 September 2001). <http://www.e-poets.net/PlainText/page01-008.shtml>.
“You never thanked the poor.” Public I 1:1 (August 2001).
Gillespie, William, Scott Rettberg, and Dirk Stratton. “Hard_Code Theater: In Remembrance of Things Unknown.” Hard_Code. Ed. Eugene Thacker. Boulder: Alt-X, 2001.
Gillespie, William, Scott Rettberg, Dirk Stratton, and Frank Marquardt. The Unknown: An Anthology. Chicago: Unknown Press, 2001.
2000
“53 Days by Georges Perec.” American Book Review 21:6 (Sep./Oct. 2000). PDF.
Gillespie, William, and Scott Rettberg. “Remember to read Gaddis.” About (2000). <http://authors.about.com>
Amerika, Mark, Shelley Jackson, William Gillespie, and Dirk Stratton. “Writing in the Web/La scrittura nella tela (English / Italian).” !Kung: Avantzine 7 (Sep. 2000). <http://westwood.fortunecity.com/susileib/148/kung/>
1999
“Fuck Fonts.” Montage. [Neither publication info nor page numbers appear in this over-designed issue of the University of Illinois' student literary magazine].
“Independent Counsel Caught in Confirmed Inappropriate Relationship with Ex-Speaker.” No Time 1:1 (1999): 38.
“Reader's Block, by David Markson.” About (1999). <http://authors.about.com/arts/authors/library/arb/okmarkson.htm>.
“With Shoes Like These.” Black Dirt 2:1 (Fall/Winter 1999): 161.
1998
“The Beer Under All This Metafictional Foam: Reviews of Infinite Jest.” About (1998). <http://authors.about.com/arts/authors/library/arb/okwallace.htm>
“Compete Works and Other Stories by Augusto Monterroso.” About (1998). <http://authors.about.com/arts/authors/library/arb/okmonterroso.htm>.
Synopsis, Q. Letter. “Sell the Fighting Illini.” The Octopus 27 March 1998.
1997
“My Life in the Eclectic Seizure Radio Theater Collective.” The WEFT Revue 5:5 September-October 1997.0
“Business Reply Mail Man.” The Octopus 17 January 1997: Front Cover. (collage published as cover art)
“From Letter to Lamont.” Druid's Cave (Spring 1997): 42-47.
1996
“Georges Perec and Jack Kerouac get into a fight and Georges Perec knocks Kerouac down with a left hook and then enrolls in a writing workshop.” Druid's Cave (Spring 1996): 14.
“Honorificabilitudinitatibus: a Sonata.” Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics 29:3 (August 1996): 162-163.
“Is Alright Everything Here?” Druid's Cave (Spring 1996): 53.
“Keeping the Work Invisible.” Druid's Cave (Spring 1996): 17.
“Twenty Consonant Poetry.” Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics 29:2 (May, 1996): 74-76.
1995
“Nice Police.” Druid's Cave (Spring 1995): 25.
“With Shoes Like These.” Druid's Cave (Spring 1995): 26.
1993
“Overhum Motherload.” Wireless (Winter 1992-93).
1991
Q. Synopsis. “Shuicize ?.5.” Little America 22 (Fall 1991): 37-47.
1990
Q. Synopsis. “Review Review.” Campus Guardian 4:3 (December 1991)
1989
“Sprocketwing Chain Pedal Flight.” Prairie Free Press 1:3 (November 1989).
“Steal Poetry from Work.” Prairie Free Press 1:2 (October 1989).
Exhibitions, Installations, Panels, Papers, Performances, Plays, Radio Appearances
2007
Gillespie, William, and Ted Sanders. VOICE Reading Series. Cafe Paradiso, Urbana, IL. 15 Feb. 2007.
2006
Gillespie, William, and Dirk Stratton. Authors Unknown (collaborative performance). Evergreen College, Olympia, WA. 27 Feb. 2006.
2005
Gillespie, William, and David Dao. Word Museum (collaborative virtual reality poetry installation). Boston Cyberarts Festival: Works from the Cave II. May 1, 7, and 8, Center for Computation and Visualization, Brown University.
Gander, Forrest, and William Gillespie. “Stallings” (Thesis Reading), Brown University. Apr. 2005.
Gillespie, William, Mike Maguire, and Nick Montfort (collaborative performance). Palindrome Writing Workshop. Kelly Writer's House, Penn. 2-02-2002.
2004
“Electronic Fiction” (solo presentation, part of larger show). The Electronic Literature Speaker Series. Richard Stockton College. Sep. 24.
“Harry Stephen Keeler and the Mechanics and Kinematics of Webwork Fiction” (solo presentation) and The Unknown (collaborative performance). &Now. Notre Dame University. Apr. 6.
“Letter to Linus: a Hypercube” (solo performance, part of larger show). E-Fest 2004. Brown University. Feb. 18.
The Unknown, 2002 (collaborative performances). Joint Work. Kelly Writers House, Penn. Feb. 14.
2003
“Hypertext, Collaboration, and the Beatles” (paper). Digital Arts and Culture '03; Melbourne, Australia.
“The Ventriloquists' Administration” (rap song). What's the Word, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Apr. 13.
“The Space Between Print and Screen: Between the Page and Electronic Space” (panel). AWP Annual Conference, Baltimore.
2002
The Unknown: An Anthology (collaborative performance). Babbitt's Books, Normal, IL.
Jokes to Positions (collaborative performance). Temple-Buell Hall, University of Illinois.
Labor Poetry. May Day on the Quad, University of Illinois.
Version>02 (group exhibition). Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
The Unknown (collaborative performance). San Diego State University.
“Publishing Models for Electronic Literature” (panel chair). Electronic Literature Organization State of the Art Symposium, UCLA.
FILE (group exhibition). Sao Paulo, Brazil.
“Is the Golden Age of Hypertext Over?” (panel). AWP Conference in New Orleans.
Radio Interview. Sidetracks, AM 580.
2001
Newspoetry (collaborative performance). Interactions: Reading and Response. University of Illinois in Chicago.
“Letter to Linus” (group exhibition). Hypertext '01 Reading Room. University of Aarhus, Århus, Denmark.
“Letter to Linus” (solo performance, part of larger show). A Night at the Cybertexts. Digital Arts and Culture '01. Brown University.
The Unknown, The Ed Report (collaborative performance). The Boston T1 Party. Boston Public Library. Boston Cyberarts Festival.
[inter]PERSONAL: An Online Exhibition. Art Institute of Chicago.
2000
The Ed Report. Digital Arts and Culture '00. Bergen, Norway.
The Ed Report, The Unknown. New York University Center for Advanced Technology. New York, NY.
The Unknown. Hypertext '00. San Antonio, TX.
Newspoetry, The Unknown (collaborative performance). Ropes Lecture Series. University of Cincinnati, OH.
Johnny Werd. Borders. Saturday November 11th, 2 PM. Champaign, IL.
1999
Newspoetry, The Unknown (collaborative performance). Digital Arts and Culture '99. Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
The Unknown. Associated Writing Program. Albany, New York, USA.
The Unknown. Technology Platforms for 21st Century Literature. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Newspoetry, The Unknown (collaborative performance). Coe College. Cedar Rapids, IA.
New York Notebooks (with Danielle Chynoweth). Twelve Minutes Max. White Street Arts Center. Champaign, IL. Saturday October 9, 1999.
Newspoetry, The Unknown. Illinois State University. Normal, IL.
Newspoetry, The Unknown. Priceless Books. Urbana, IL.
1996
GLT-FM, Normal, IL (weekly book review program). How I Wrote Certain of my Books by Raymond Rousseau. Reader's Block by David Markson. Complete Works, and Other Stories by Augusto Monterroso. 1996.
Theater Therapy (co-authored play by Rick Burkhardt, Mark Enslin, Joe Futrelle, and William Gillespie). Neofuturarium, Chicago, IL. May 31-June 15, Fridays and Saturdays 8PM.
1995
“Passive Voice” (tape piece). PAIN Festival of New Music. Monday August 28th, 1995, 9:00 PM, Smith Memorial Room. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
Scrawlings (solo performance). White Street Art Center, Urbana, IL.. September 1, 1995, 10 PM.
1994
Breakfast Slow Fast Slow (oil painting). Champaign-Urbana Fine Artists Collective Art Walk. Group exhibition.
Tables (co-authored play by Rick Burkhardt, Mark Enslin, William Gillespie). Channing-Murray Foundation. Urbana, IL.
Maledetto, by Kenneth Gaburo (new music composition for seven virtuoso speakers).
New College, Sarasota, FL.
Airport Lounge, Hampshire College library. Amherst, MA. March 7th 8 PM
Cafe Arabica, Cleveland, OH
WEFT 90.1 FM, Champaign, IL.
1993
Q. Synopsis Live! (television appearance). Works in Progress, Community-Access Television. Springfield, IL.
Theater Therapy (co-authored play by Rick Burkhardt, Mark Enslin, Joe Futrelle, and William Gillespie).
Physicians for Social Responsibility Conference. Allerton Park, IL.
Café Voltaire, Chicago, IL.
New College, Sarasota, FL
Allen Hall, University of Illinois. Aug. 26.
1992
Theater Therapy (co-authored play by Rick Burkhardt, Mark Enslin, Joe Futrelle, and William Gillespie).
American Society of Cybernetics: Conference, Seattle, WA.
Gesundheit Institute, WV.
Blind Pig Co., Champaign, IL.
Curious Theater, Chicago, IL.
Red Herring, Urbana, IL.
Electronic Works
Word Museum. An immersive collection of visual poetry, by William Gillespie, David Dao, and Jason Rodriguez, implemented at the Brown University CAVE. 2003-2005. <http://spinelessbooks.com/wordmuseum>
Twenty Consonant Poetry: a new poetic form. Designed and programmed by William Gillespie. 2002. <http://spinelessbooks.com/20>
Spineless Books: an independent publishing house. 2002. <http://spinelessbooks.com>
2002: A Palindrome Story in 2002 Words, by Nick Montfort and William Gillespie, designed by Ingrid Ankerson. Deep Speed programmed by William Gillespie. 2002. <http://spinelessbooks.com/2002>
The Unknown, co-winner of the 1998 trAce/Alt-X international hypertext competition, judged by Robert Coover, written by William Gillespie, Frank Marquardt, Scott Rettberg & Dirk Stratton. 1998-2001. <http://unknownhypertext.com>
The Ed Report, an online serial fiction, winner of Honourable Mention, The 2nd trAce/Alt-X New Media Writing Competition by William Gillespie, Dylan Meissner, and Nick Montfort. 2000. <http://edreport.com>
Newspoetry, a poem a day about events in the news, founded and designed by William Gillespie (1999-2000). <http://newspoetry.com>
WWW.WORDWORK.ORG: an electronic literature laboratory. 1999-2002. <http://www.wordwork.org>
Table of Forms: a writing guide and collection of formal poetry. 1996-2005. <http://spinelessbooks.com/table>
Writing Awards
2004: Michael Harper Praxis Prize (co-winner for the essay Line Breaks).
2001: Finalist,International Utopia Championship, for Artopia.
2000: The Ed Report. an online serial fiction, winner of Honourable Mention, The 2nd trAce/Alt-X New Media Writing Competition, judged by Shelley Jackson, written by William Gillespie, Dylan Meissner, and Nick Montfort.
1998: The Unknown: co-winner of the 1998 trAce/Alt-X international hypertext competition, judged by Robert Coover, written by William Gillespie, Frank Marquardt, Scott Rettberg & Dirk Stratton.
Translations
Three poems translated by William Gillespie and Maria Silva. Los Poetas y el General: Voces de oposición en Chile bajo Augusto Pinochet 1973-1989. Edited by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman. LOM Ediciones, 2002. ISBN: 956-282-491-8.
Reviews and Favorable Press
2008
Nufer, Doug. “The Content of the Form.” American Book Review 29:2. 2008
2007
Dewey, Joseph. “Table of Forms.” The Review of Contemporary Fiction. 2007.
2006
Gerdes, Eckhard. “The Story That Teaches You How To Write It.” Context 19. 2006
LaFarge, Tom. "Letter to Lamont." Marginalia (2006).
Gerdes, Eckhard. “Letter to Lamont.” Context 18. 2006. p. 27.
Olson, Lance. “Letter to Lamont.” American Book Review. 2006.
2004
Dewey, Joseph. “Johnny Werd: The Fire Continues, by Q. Synopsis.” Review of Contemporary Fiction XIV:1 (Spring 2004).
2002
Dodge, Trevor. “2002, a Palindrome Story in 2002 Words, by Nick Montfort and William Gillespie.” Review of Contemporary Fiction XXIII: 2 (Summer 2003).
Kline, Greg. "Backward and Forward.” Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette 6 December 2002: A1.
Quinn, Brad. "That's Entertainment: A Trio of Authors' Adventures in Hypertext." Cincinnati Citybeat Feb. 2000.
Serrus, Marius. “Sense Espinada.” Avui [Barcelona] 19 Dec. 2002: VII. (PDF facsimile)
2001
Ahten, Sandra. “All the News that Rhymes (Sometimes).” Public I 1:5 (Dec 2001).
Keller, Julia. "E-voking Muses." Chicago Tribune 18 May 2001
Milazzo, Joseph. Book Review. The Dallas Morning News 5 Aug. 2001.
2000
Marchal, Hugues. “Le texte au risque du virtuel: e-littérature et écrits d’écran.” Magazine Littéraire Nov. 2000.
Montfort, Nick.“Tome of the Unknown Authors.” Technology Review. May/June 2000.
1999
Guernsey, Lisa. “New Kind of Convergence: Writers and Programmers.” New York Times 15 Apr. 1999. <http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/04/circuits/articles/15writ.html>
Keller, Julia. “Hypertext: Reading Between The Links. ”Chicago Tribune 15 Aug. 1999.
Keller, Julia. “Hypertext Novel Offers Easily Accessible Exits.” Chicago Tribune 4 Oct. 1999.
Krauth, Kirstin. “WriteSites: Starlets and hypertext dropouts.” Real Time 31. Australia. <http://www.rtimearts.com/~opencity/rt31/writesit.html>
Ley, Jennifer. “On Gold and Silver Ages and the Elements of Hypertext. Pif Jan. 1999. <http://www.pifmagazine.com/vol32/c_ley.shtml>
Miller, Michael J. “The Web as a New Art Form.” PC Magazine 2 July 1999. <http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/opinions/0,7802,406498,00.html>
Moos, Patrick. “Technology, writing converge at forum: Experts from the fields of new media and publishing joined Brown`s `Technology Platforms for 21st Century Literature` forum Thursday night. ” The Brown Daily Herald 4 Apr.1999 <http://www.theherald.org/herald/issues/040999/tech.f.html>
Pannifer, Bill. “Hypertext competition.” The London Independent April 5, 1999. <http://www.independent.co.uk/net/990405ne/web.html>
1996
Helbig, Jack. “Personals and Theater Therapy: Utopia Train and Performers' Workshop Ensemble, at Neo-Futurarium.” Chicago Reader 7 June 1996: Section 2 p. 28.
