WordHack is a monthly evening of performances and talks exploring the intersection of language and technology. Code poetry, digital literature, e-lit, language games, coders interested in the creative side, writers interested in new forms writing can take, all are welcome here.

This month WordHack is excited to host a release event for three new books from Using Electricity, a series of computer generated books by Counterpath, meant to reward reading in conventional and unconventional ways. We will feature readings and presentations by the three authors:

MILTON LÄUFER (http://www.miltonlaufer.com.ar/)
--- author of 'A Noise Such as Man Might Make'
LI ZILLES (https://twitter.com/thricedotted)
--- author of 'Machine Unlearning'
RANJIT BHATNAGAR (https://moonmilk.com/)
--- author of 'Encomials: Sonnets from Pentametron'

as well as by the series editor:
NICK MONTFORT (http://nickm.com)

We also have an OPEN PROJECTOR (like an open mic for digital work) where anyone can come up and show their work (for 5 minutes). Signup starts at 6:45, and will fill up so get here early! Performers start at 7:15.

Host & Curator: TODD ANDERSON (http://toddwords.com/)

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Milton Läufer is an Argentinian writer, journalist and teacher. He has published articles and short stories in Esquire, Vice, Guernica, CIA
Revista, and Otra Parte, among others. Currently he is doing a Ph.D. at New York University focused on digital literature in Latin America. He was the 2016-2017 writer-in-residence of The Trope Tank, MIT. In 2015 he published Lagunas, a partially algorithmic-generated novel, He has participated in art exhibitions in Latin
America, the US and Europe. He lives in Brooklyn.

Li Zilles is a language hacker and programmer based in Seattle, WA. They hold an MS in computer science from the University of
Washington, where they researched machine learning and natural language processing. In addition to writing two previous computer-generated books, The Seeker and Our Story, Li is also known for creating over thirty Twitter bots under the internet handle @thricedotted.

Ranjit Bhatnagar works in music, installation, and text, with a particular interest in algorithmic techniques and in improvisation at all stages of creation. His works have been exhibited across
the United States and in Europe. Last summer, Ranjit worked with Ad Hoc Art Collective to build a large scale musical installation in Denmark. He has worked with New Orleans Airlif to build several tiny musical houses. He has performed recently with Lea Bertucci, Thessia Machado, and Margaret Leng Tan. His heaviest work is Stone Song, a 7500 pound outdoor sound sculpture; his longest is The Tapestry of the Search for Terrestrial Intelligence at 44 yards.

Nick Montfort is an author or editor of fifteen books, which include books of poetry along with six from the MIT Press, several collaborations, and several artist’s books. Seven of his books are
computer-generated and in addition to The Truelist and Hard West Turn include #! (Counterpath, 2014), 2×6 (a multi-lingual collaboration, Les Figues, 2016), and Autopia (Troll Thread, 2016). He is professor of digital media at MIT and lives in New York and Boston.