Robert Kendall (poet) explained

Robert Kendall is a digital poet. Canadian-born, he now lives in the United States.^[1] He has a master's degree in Musicology and has taught electronic poetry for the New School University's online course.^[2]

In 1990, he used DOS to create two 'kinetic poems', The Clue: a MiniMystery and It all Comes Down to ________.^{[3] [4]} Kendall refers to these two early poems as "SoftPoems", in which words and phrases are animated to match movement with meaning. He later worked with Visual Basic, using this Microsoft programming language to create a book-length hypertext poem, A Life Set for Two, in 1996.^[5] Kendall has also created work for Flash and the Web. Kendall serves on the board of directors for the Electronic Literature Organization.^[6]

Works

• Kendall, Robert (2006). Logoza.
• Kendall, Robert (2004). Candles for a Street Corner. A work of multimedia poetry.
• Kendall, Robert (2002). Clues. A work of detective noir interactive poetry.
• Kendall, Robert (2001). Faith. A work of kinetic concrete poetry.
• Kendall, Robert (2000). A Study in Shades. A a two part poem about dealing with Alzheimer's disease.
• Book: Kendall, Robert. A Life Set for Two. 1996. Eastgate Systems, Inc..
• Book: Kendall, Robert. A Wandering City. Issue 33 of CSU poetry series. 1992. Cleveland State University Poetry Center. 0-914946-86-2.

See also

• Eastgate Systems
• Hypertext

References

1. Book: New, William H.. Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. 2002. University of Toronto Press. 0-8020-0761-9. 1092.
2. Fall 2001. E-poets on the State of their Electronic Art: Robert Kendall. Currents in Electronic Literacy. 5. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090724104938/http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/currents/fall01/survey/kendall.html. 2009-07-24.
3. Book: Kac, Eduardo. Media poetry: an international anthology. 2007. Intellect Books. 978-1-84150-030-0. 277.
4. Web site: 1990: Robert Kendall's It All Comes Down to _______. Johnston. David Jhave. Ollivier Dyens . 21 October 2008. Digital Poetry Overview. Concordia University. 18 May 2010.
5. Book: Landow, George P.. Hypertext 2.0. 2. 1997. Johns Hopkins University Press. 0-8018-5585-3. 217.
6. Web site: People – Electronic Literature Organization. eliterature.org. en-US. 2017-10-20.

External links

• Kendall's homepage
• Robert Kendall feature article, The Cortland Review, Fall 2002.
• A Study in Shades, interactive poem on BBC Online.