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FICTION

"Voyeur with Dog" (forthcoming, 2008). PowerPoint fiction.
Counterpath Press Online. Special e-lit edition, ed. Jason Nelson. URL forthcoming.


"Thirteen Ways of Killing a Scrub-Jay" (2008).
Long Beach, CA: BG Press, 2008. Limited edition.
Available as blog fiction.


Figurski at Findhorn on Acid (Eastgate Systems, 2001, 2008). Hypertext novel on CD-ROM. Second pressing forthcoming, 2008.
Amazon
Eastgate
Critical analysis by Alice Bell in The Possible Worlds of Hypertext Fiction (London: Palgrave-Macmillan, forthcoming, 2009).
Critical analysis by Alice Bell, "The Significance of Possible Worlds for Hypertext Fiction (and Beyond)," in R. Page and B. Thomas (eds), New Narratives: Theory and Practice (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, forthcoming, 2009).
Critical analysis by Astrid Ensslin in Canonizing Hypertext: Explorations and Constructions (London, New York: Continuum, 2007)
Review by Jessica M. Laccetti at Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies (2006)
Review by Jeff Parker in Electronic Book Review (2003)

Review by Andrew Hinderaker in Stanford Magazine (2002)
Review by Daniel E. Shultz et al. in Porkopolis (2001)
Interview by Charlie Bennett for eNarrative.org (2001)—PDF


"Year of the Pig," (June 2008). 8th Annual Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition Collection. 6th Place.
Anthology (Tafford Publishing, 2008)

Anthologized in The Rosetta Screen, permanent installation, Martin Luther King, Jr. Public and University Library, San Jose, CA (2003)
HTML (originally appeared in Tattoo Highway, 2002)


"Calling Fruits and Vegetables," (July 2007). In The Fish Anthology 2007: A Paper Heart is Beating, A Paper Boat Sets Sail (Fish Publishing). Runner-up, Fish One-Page Prize.
From publisher
Amazon UK


"Product Placement," Mississippi Review (Vol. 35, Numbers 1 & 2, June 2007). Honorable Mention, 2007 Mississippi Review Prize.


"Thanks for Covering Your Lane," Indiana Review (28.2, Winter 2006). Finalist, 2005 Indiana Review Fiction Prize.


"Frequently Asked Questions about 'Hypertext,'" Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 1, eds. N. Katherine Hayles, Nick Montfort, Scott Rettberg, and Stephanie Strickland (October, 2006, Electronic Literature Organization).
HTML
Review of collection by John Zuern in Electronic Book Review
Review of collection by Patrick Ellis in CIAC's Electronic Magazine


"Understanding Hypertext," ZYZZYVA (#72, Volume XX, Number 3, Winter 2004).
HTML (First two pages only; ZYZZYVA)


"Streleski at Findhorn on Acid," Grain (Volume 23, Number 3, 1995). First Prize, Short Grain Contest Postcard Story.


"A Short History of Floss Ferguson," Five Fingers Review #5 (1988).


"Bare-Bones Description of a Story Called 'Cats'"
Black Ice #3 (1987)
Alchemy (San Francisco State University, 1986)


"Teenage Girls in Panties," Alchemy (San Francisco State University, 1987).


"The King's Summer Palace," Transfer 51 (San Francisco State University, 1986).


"Instructions: Read Carefully," IF (San Francisco State University, 1984).


"The Piano at Patio Jack's," Weathervane (Cañada College, 1980).


(Editor) TRANSFER FIFTY, San Francisco State University, Creative Writing Department, 1985.

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SCHOLARSHIP AND NONFICTION

(2008, forthcoming) "New Students, Emerging Technologies, Virtual Communities, and the College Residential Experience." [Monograph chapter] in Zeller, W. J. (Ed.). Residence Life and the New Student Experience (Monograph No. 5, 3rd ed.). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.

(2008, forthcoming) "How Much is Too Much New Media for the Net Generation?" [Book chapter] in Ball, Cheryl, and Kalmbach, James (Eds.). Reading and Writing New Media. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

(2005) "Windows and Mirrors: Interaction Design, Digital Art, and the Myth of Transparency" [Jay David Bolter and Diane Gromala] (book review). Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies (RCCS), May 2005, online.
HTML

(2003, Instructor/Editor) dorm.net/Residential Rhetorics website. Student research on new media use in college living and learning communities. Program in Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University.

(1999) "Constructive 'Noise in the Channel': Effects of Controversial Forwarded E-mail in a College Residential and Virtual Community." ED-MEDIA 99 Conference Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
PDF

(1998) COMPOSING CYBERSPACE: Identity, Community, and Knowledge in the Electronic Age, McGraw-Hill, 1998. Multidisciplinary anthology/textbook.
Amazon

(1998) "Don't Eat the Yellow Hypertext: Notes on Figurski at Findhorn on Acid." Kairos 3.2 (Fall 1998).
HTML

(1997) "WIRED FROSH: A Case Study of Electronic Community Building in a Freshman Dorm." Copyright ©1997 by the Board of Trustees of Stanford University.
HTML
PDF

(1996-97) "The Semi-Virtual Composition Classroom: A Model for Techno-Amphibians." Notes in the Margin, Program in Writing & Critical Thinking, Stanford University, Spring 1996. Other versions: Microsoft in Higher Education Case Studies, Microsoft Corporation, September 1997; The Technology Source, Case Studies, September 1997;Technology Tools for Today's Campuses, ed. James L. Morrison, 1997.
HTML (edited for The Technology Source)
PDF (original version)

(1995) ENCOUNTERING CULTURES: Reading and Writing in a Changing World, Second Edition. Blair Press, Prentice-Hall, 1995. Composition anthology/textbook. Instructor's Manual.
Amazon

(1994) "Electronic Mail and Small-Group Feedback," in Teaching Writing: Theories and Practices (HarperCollins).

(1993) "'Classroom Research' and Meta-Awareness in the Writing Classroom." Notes in the Margin, Program in Writing & Critical Thinking, Stanford University.

"Baja for Beginners" (travel). Stanford Magazine, September 1993.

(1992) ENCOUNTERING CULTURES: Reading and Writing in a Changing World , Blair Press/Prentice-Hall, 1992. Instructor's Manual to accompany Encountering Cultures.
Amazon

(1992) "Diversity in the Writing Classroom." Notes in the Margin, Program in Writing & Critical Thinking, Stanford University.

(1992) "Books That Made a Difference: Review of Tristram Shandy" (book review). Stanford Magazine, June.

(1992) "The Captain's Table" (travel). Stanford Magazine, December.

(1990). "Congressional Hearings Spotlight Federal Support for Educational R&D." Educational Researcher Jan-Feb.

(1989, Editor). Building a Multiracial, Multicultural University Community, Final Report of the University Committee on Minority Issues (Editor). Stanford University, 1989; 257 pp. UCMI Summary of Final Report, March 1989; Staff Subcommittee Final Report, UCMI; Stanford University.

(1989) "The annotated book jacket blurbs for Seduction By Light " (Al Young, book review). Palo Alto Weekly, May 10.

(1988) "A new voice emerges" (Ehud Havazelet, book review). Palo Alto Weekly, June 8.

(1987) " The once and future queen: Feminism in King Arthur's court" (Persia Woolley, book review). Palo Alto Weekly, September 9.

(1987) "Small Business" (Tom Parker, book review). Palo Alto Weekly, May 13.

(1987) "Vector: a thriller in paradise" (Rob Swigart, book review). Palo Alto Weekly, March 11.

(1987) "Amadeus" (theater review). Palo Alto Weekly, January 14.

(1986) "Family life in the 80s from a gay perspective" (David Leavitt, book review). Palo Alto Weekly, November 12.

"Stanford waits for Godot: Celebrating Samuel Beckett at 80" (cover feature). Palo Alto Weekly, May 21.

(1985) "An unauthorized peek behind the Iron Curtain" (travel). Palo Alto Weekly, November 6.


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PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITS

(2008, forthcoming, digital arts exhibit) "Voyeur with Dog," The Future of Writing conference, University of California, Irvine, Nov. 6-7.

(2008, exhibit) Figurski at Findhorn on Acid, Early Authors of Electronic Literature: The Eastgate School, Voyager Artists, and Independent Productions—Special Collection on loan from N. Katherine Hayles. Media Arts Show, Electronic Literature Organization Conference 2008, Washington State University, Vancouver.

(2005, reading) "Understanding Hypertext," ZYZZYVA Winter 2004 Reading, San Francisco Public Library, January, 2005.

(2003, reading and discussion) Figurski at Findhorn on Acid, Comparative Literature 182: Narratology Prof. Haun Saussy, Stanford University.

(2002, reading and discussion) Figurski at Findhorn on Acid, The First Hypertextual Slam: An Audience Interaction. Associated Writing Programs (AWP) WebFair, New Orleans, LA.

(2002, exhibit) Figurski at Findhorn on Acid, Gallery Exhibition, State of the Arts Symposium, Electronic Literature Organization (UCLA).

(2002, reading) Figurski at Findhorn on Acid, eNarrative 3, San Francisco, CA.

(2001, reading) Figurski at Findhorn on Acid, Publication party sponsored by Academic Computing and Stanford Univeristy Libraries and Academic Information Resources, Stanford, CA.

(2001, reading) Figurski at Findhorn on Acid, The Twelfth ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia, Association of Computing Machinery (University of Aarhus, Arhus, Denmark).

(1987, reading) "Work in Progress." Walden Pond Bookstore Fiction Series. Oakland, CA.

(1986, reading) With Raymond Federman, SUNY-Buffalo. "Teenage Girls in Panties." San Francisco State University.

(1986, reading) "Thanks For Covering Your Lane." Transfer Magazine reading, San Francisco State University, 1986.

(1985, reading) "Teenage Girls in Panties." Clarion Cafe/Five Fingers Review Series. San Francisco.

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