Email: mad13@nyu.edu
Mark Dery is a prominent commentator on new media, unpopular culture, and the digital age. He edited Flame Wars: The Discourse of Cyberculture (Duke University Press, 1995), a seminal anthology of cybercrit. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End of the Century (Grove Press, 1996), and of an essay on guerrilla media, "Culture Jamming: Hacking, Slashing, and Sniping in the Empire of the Signs" (Open Magazine Pamphlet Series, 1993), widely credited with spreading the "culture jamming" meme. Professor Dery has written a column on fringe literature, "Invisible Lit," for Bookforum and has done cultural commentaries for Radio Nation. His most recent book is the essay collection, The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink.
Selected Writings:
"Ancient Astronauts and Forgotten Dreams: A Requiem for the Space Age," Utne Reader, November-December 2006 cover story.
"Pattern Recognition: Why aren't designers and wearers of camouflage chic experiencing a sharp pain in the conscience?," ID magazine, November 2006.
"A Cartoonist in Despair? Now That's Funny," The New York Times, March 19, 2006.
"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Severed Head," Cabinet, spring 2003.
“Gray Matter,” The Village Voice Literary Supplement, Fall 2002.
“Tripe Soup for the Soul,” Bookforum, Summer 2002.
“Memo Mori,” NOEMA, Winter 2001.
“Ad Lib,” The Village Voice, July 25-31, 2001.
“The Necro Files,” The Village Voice, December 2000.
“Media Orgy: Cybersex Addiction,” Nerve.com, 2000.
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