Quote of the day
It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content … it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.
N. Katherine Hayles
Born: December 16, 1943 (age 81)
Bio: N. Katherine Hayles is a postmodern literary critic, most notable for her contribution to the fields of literature and science, electronic literature, and American literature. She is professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Program in Literature at Duke University.
Known for:
- How We Became Posthuman (1999)
- Writing Machines (2002)
- My Mother Was a Computer (2005)







