The End of Books: A Lecture by Robert Coover

Published: June 18, 2023, 8 a.m.

Robert Coover\xa0spoke at the Institute in the spring of 2006. Coover is the author of over a dozen postmodern novels, including\xa0The Public Burning\xa0and\xa0Pinochio in Venice. He was one of the early supporters of electronic fiction, which he defended in \u201cThe End of Books,\u201d a 1992\xa0New York Times\xa0essay. Coover established Brown University\u2019s MFA program in Digital Language Arts, and teaches courses on experimental narrative and literary hypermedia.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices