Cybernetics and Ghosts: A Response to Italo Calvino

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This series is a thought experiment inspired by Italo Calvino’s 1967 essay Cybernetics and Ghosts, to reflect on the expansive role technology plays in our lives and in literature today.

Episodes

  1. EPISODE 1

    The collective storyteller - Michael Salu

    British-born Nigerian writer, artist and editor Michael Salu introduces the WritersMosaic guest edition Cybernetics and Ghosts. Cybernetics and Ghosts: A Response to Italo Calvino is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  2. EPISODE 2

    The list - Tice Cin

    A story by interdisciplinary artist and DJ Tice Cin, who explores what it means to be human when technology is changing everything. Cybernetics and Ghosts: A Response to Italo Calvino is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  3. EPISODE 3

    A hand a door - Vanessa Onwuemezi

    A short story by Vanessa Onwuemezi, whose debut collection, Dark Neighbourhood, was published by Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2021. Cybernetics and Ghosts: A Response to Italo Calvino is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  4. EPISODE 4

    Caught - Sara Saab

    A short story by Beirut-born author Sara Saab, whose fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Shimmer and The White Review. Cybernetics and Ghosts: A Response to Italo Calvino is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  5. EPISODE 5

    Alice Coltrane’s Journey in Satchidananda: Digital spaces as restoration - Irenosen Okojie

    The Nigerian British author of Butterfly and Curanderby by Irenosen Okojie on Alice Coltrane's 1971 album Journey in Satchidananda. Cybernetics and Ghosts: A Response to Italo Calvino is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  6. EPISODE 6

    Human agency in the age of algorithms - Abeba Birhane

    An essay about AI by cognitive scientist Abeba Birhane, who researches human behaviour, social systems, and responsible and ethical AI. Cybernetics and Ghosts: A Response to Italo Calvino is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  7. EPISODE 7

    Ultimate Aloe vera - Iphgenia Baal

    A short story by fiction writer Iphgenia Baal, author of Compliances, Man Hating Psycho, Death & Facebook, Merced Es Benz and Gentle Art. Cybernetics and Ghosts: A Response to Italo Calvino is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

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This series is a thought experiment inspired by Italo Calvino’s 1967 essay Cybernetics and Ghosts, to reflect on the expansive role technology plays in our lives and in literature today.

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