LaserWriter II

Matthew Kirschenbaum is professor of English and Digital Studies at the University of Maryland. His books include Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing (Harvard University Press, 2016) and, most recently, Bitstreams: The Future of Digital Literary Heritage (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021).

Matthew Kirschenbaum

Paper Jamming

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

What Is an @uthor?

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

Literary Criticism

"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein

Science &amp; Technology

Matthew Kirschenbaum is professor of English and Digital Studies at the University of Maryland. His books include Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing (Harvard University Press, 2016) and, most recently, Bitstreams: The Future of Digital Literary Heritage (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021).