A Little Show of Hands

Mark Marino

University of Southern California

Artist Statement

"a little show of hands" tells the tale of Katrina de la Palma, a chicana struggling in Los Angeles at the time of the 2006 Immigration Reform protests. To offer a reading experience that forms around reader choices, the tale uses an adaptive hypertext system, called Literatronic. "a little show" has been excerpted from the longer in-progress novella, "a show of hands," which weaves Katrina's tale with the stories of the rest of the de la Palma family, culminating in the May 1 immigration marches. Mark is currently developing several staged versions of "a show of hands," including performances at the University of Southern California and the &Now Festival of innovative literature and art 2008 ().

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Biography

Mark C. Marino is a writer, researcher, and editor. Mark holds a Ph.D. in electronic literature from The University of California at Riverside and an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Notre Dame. Among his previous elit works are "" (2001), "," "12 Easy Lessons to Better Time Travel," (, ), and "" (2007). His pieces have appeared in Second Person (MIT, 2006), The Iowa Review Web and New River Journal. He has a forthcoming essay in James Joyce Quarterly. Mark blogs about electronic literature at and about computer code at . He is editor of , a new media satire magazine.

Mark is currently serving as the Communication Director for the Electronic Literature Organization. He produces short films about grammar for his students at the University of Southern California in LA, where he lives with his wife, children, and chatbots. More of his work can be found at .