Robert Kendall (poet)

Robert Kendall
Born	Canada
Genre	Electronic literature American
Subject	Digital poet
Notable works	Life Set for Two (1999)

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 MS-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. ^[1] In 1996, he used Visual Basic to create a book-length hypertext poem, A Life Set for Two. ^[5] Kendall has also created work for Flash and the World Wide Web. Kendall is on the board of directors for the Electronic Literature Organization. ^[6]

Works

Robert Kendall's works are collected in the NEXT Museum, Library, and Preservation Space. His archives are at Duke University. ^[7]

• 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 two-part poem about dealing with Alzheimer's disease.
• Kendall, Robert (1996). A Life Set for Two. Eastgate Systems, Inc.
• Kendall, Robert (1992). A Wandering City. Issue 33 of CSU poetry series. Cleveland State University Poetry Center. ISBN   0-914946-86-2.

See also

• Poetry portal

• Eastgate Systems
• Hypertext

References

1. New, William H. (2002). Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 1092. ISBN   0-8020-0761-9.
2. "E-poets on the State of their Electronic Art: Robert Kendall". Currents in Electronic Literacy. 5. Fall 2001. Archived from the original on 2009-07-24.
3. Kac, Eduardo (2007). Media poetry: an international anthology. Intellect Books. p. 277. ISBN   978-1-84150-030-0.
4. Johnston, David Jhave; Ollivier Dyens (21 October 2008). "1990: Robert Kendall's It All Comes Down to _______". Digital Poetry Overview. Concordia University. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
5. Landow, George P. (1997). Hypertext 2.0 (2 ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 217. ISBN   0-8018-5585-3.
6. "People – Electronic Literature Organization". eliterature.org. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
7. "Robert Kendall papers, 1990-2010". Duke University Libraries. Retrieved 2025-06-16.

External links

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