Nationality American Role Author Name Robert Arellano | Employer Brown University Other names Bob Arellano Education Brown University | |
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Born July 12, 1969 (age 54) ( 1969-07-12 ) Alma mater Brown University, Bachelor (1991) and Masters (1994) degrees Occupation Author, musician and educator Known for The Internet's first hyperzine, LSD-50; the World Wide Web's first hypertext novel, Sunshine ’69; international music exchanges with Cuba; guitarist with Will Oldham Albums Rock the Blockade:2000 Incorruptible Organization Electronic Literature Organization, UCF Center for Emerging Media, Southern Oregon University Nominations Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original Books Havana Lunar, Don Dimaio of La Plata, Fast Eddie - King of the Bees, Curse the Names Similar People Paul Oldham, Will Oldham, David Pajo | ||
Robert Arellano (born July 12, 1969) is an American author, musician and educator. His literary production includes pioneering work in electronic publishing, graphic-novel editions for Soft Skull Press/Counterpoint, and four novels published by Akashic Books.
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Life
Arellano was born in 1969 and raised in Summit, New Jersey. After earning both Bachelor (1991) and Masters (1994) degrees from Brown University, he taught for a decade on Brown's Literary Arts faculty. In 1993 he used Storyspace to publish the Internet's first hyperzine, LSD-50, on a Gopher server. In 1996, Sonicnet serialized his groundbreaking hypertext novel Sunshine ’69 on the World Wide Web. Arellano is a founding member of the Literary Advisory Board of the Electronic Literature Organization and founding director of the Center for Emerging Media and Digital Arts at Southern Oregon University.
His most recent novel, Curse the Names, about a reporter living and working in Los Alamos, New Mexico was published in 2012 by Akashic. He has published fiction and essays in Jane, The Believer, Tin House, and The Village Voice.
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Music
As Bob Arellano, he has played guitar with Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) on the albums I See a Darkness and Joya as well as in performance and on recordings with Papa M (David Pajo), Jodie Jean Marston, the Pathetics and Havanarama. In March of 2000, Arellano organized an international music exchange in Havana and Pinar del Rio, Cuba called "Rock the Blockade" featuring Cuban performers in concert with Will Oldham, Papa M, Speed to Roam, and Havanarama.