Off Center22 Sep 2025

Episode 38: e-lit in India with Samya Brata Roy

This episode features an interview with Samya Brata Roy, now an Assistant Professor of English at Gitam (Deemed-to-be) University Hyderabad, recorded during the 2025 CDN Digital Narrative PhD Summer School. Samya discusses his academic journey and the founding of Electronic Literature India.

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Electronic Literature Organization. (2006). Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 1. https://collection.eliterature.org/1/

Ensslin, Astrid; Roy, Samya Brata (2024). Electronic Literatures as Post-Comparative Media. https://epub.uni-regensburg.de/55582/

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