How authorship is made and named: a meta-aggregator / Electronic Poetry Center
Electronic Poetry Center
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/
infrastructureAvant-garde and experimental archivesactive
The archive's reading. The archive reads the EPC as infrastructure that holds a field's authors beside the field's own discussion (the Poetics List, the Buffalo Poetics Program), so authorship stays with a community's record of itself. The saved sources show author pages under poets' names and no account of chosen names or of how a contribution inside a work is attributed.
| Relation to this census | infrastructure |
|---|---|
| Record type | archive |
| The question it answers | author-page holding: whether a formally innovative poet's work, and a field's own discussion record, is held, and under which author page |
| Kind | internet archive and resource site for poetry and poetics: in its own words 'the first comprehensive Internet archive of its kind for poetry and poetics', with a Digital Library, E-Poetry and Author libraries |
| Operator | Loss Pequeño Glazier (Director and Founder) and Charles Bernstein (Editor, Co-founder), with Al Filreis as publisher for the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing (CPCW), University of Pennsylvania; affiliated with Poetics and Media Study at SUNY-Buffalo |
| Evidence | primary text; facsimile; critical commentary |
| Unit of record | an author page or a Digital Library item (PDFs of books and full journal runs, digital editions, mirrors of authors' sites, bibliographies) |
| What it records | resources centered on digital and contemporary formally innovative poetries, new media writing and literary programming; the archives of the Buffalo Poetics Program (1991 to 2003) and of the Poetics List (1993 to 2014) |
| Whose authorship it keeps | the work of poets with EPC author pages (Mina Loy, Bill Keith, Larry Eigner, Jerome Rothenberg, Lyn Hejinian, Marjorie Perloff among those the home page names), digitized books and journal runs, and the record of the Buffalo Poetics Program and the Poetics List |
| Under what name | not recorded: the saved sources show author pages under poets' names and state no policy on pseudonyms, heteronyms or collective names |
| Who holds it | the EPC, in collaboration with CPCW at Penn since 2003 and affiliated with Poetics and Media Study at Buffalo; the rights terms of the PDFs and pages are not stated (the About page carries '©2011') |
| Authorial function and responsibility | not recorded for the works: the saved sources show author pages under poets' names; for the site itself, roles are credited by function (Director & Founder, Editor and Co-founder, Publisher) |
| Method | curated digital library and author pages assembled by its editors; digitization of books and journal runs; mirroring of authors' sites; housing of program and listserv archives |
| Coverage | geography: not stated; period: the site since 1995 (its own About page) or July 10, 1994 (Wikipedia, third party); holdings of 20th- and 21st-century poetry and poetics, including a 1945 text in translation |
| Count | value: not stated in the saved sources; Wikipedia (third party) cites a 2000 estimate of 10 million visits a year; as_of: 2026-11-01 |
| Holdings | the Digital Library, E-Poetry and Author libraries; the archives of the Buffalo Poetics Program (1991 to 2003) and the Poetics List (1993 to 2014); Sulfur, ed. Clayton Eshleman, full run; Ron Silliman's complete blog history (topic headings for entries 2000 to 2020); an EPC digital edition of Artifice of Absorption |
| Stated limits | broken links: 'If you have a broken link to an EPC resources, use the top tabs ... or, for a known URL, substitute "writing.upenn.edu/epc/" for "epc.buffalo.edu/"' |
| Data access | free public website; PDFs; author pages; a custom search bar |
| Licence | not stated; the About page carries '©2011' |
| Lifecycle | state: active; detail: founded at SUNY-Buffalo's Poetics Program in 1995 (its About page) or on July 10, 1994 (Wikipedia, third party); collaboration with CPCW at Penn from 2003; moved from epc.buffalo.edu to writing.upenn.edu/epc/; the home page lists an item dated 2026 (Brian Kim Stefans, Versuche) and memorial entries for poets who died in 2024 and 2025 |
| Version and time | about_copyright: 2011; latest_home_item: 2026 (Versuche, PDF); wikipedia_edited: 2024-03-02; read: 2026-11-01 |
| Founded | 1995 (its About page); July 10, 1994 (Wikipedia, third party) |
What its record can settle
- whether the EPC holds an author page or a digitized text for a named poet or journal
- what the Buffalo Poetics Program and the Poetics List produced, in their archives
What it cannot settle
- the rights status of a digitized text (not stated)
- how a poet writing under several names is filed (no naming policy in the saved sources)
- a stable address for older resources (links from epc.buffalo.edu may break)
Kept apart
- NOT a recordings archive: its sister site PennSound holds the audio
- NOT a rights holder by any statement in the saved sources
- NOT limited to digital poetry: it also holds contemporary formally innovative print poetries and poetics
- NOT one founding date: its About page gives 1995, Wikipedia gives July 10, 1994
Relations
- neighbour: PennSound (the About page calls PennSound its sister site at CPCW, Penn; home-page memorial entries link to PennSound pages)
- neighbour: UbuWeb (Wikipedia (third party) states the EPC is partnered with UbuWeb)
- neighbour: Jacket2 (the home page's memorial entries link obituaries and tributes at Jacket2)
Evidence
- operator_glazier (the resource's own statement):
Loss Pequeño Glazier , Director & Founder
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/about/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 8d9fb23b683fa83a… - operator_bernstein (the resource's own statement):
Charles Bernstein , Editor, Co-founder
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/about/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 8d9fb23b683fa83a… - publisher (the resource's own statement):
Al Filreis , Publisher
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/about/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 8d9fb23b683fa83a… - founded (the resource's own statement):
EPC was founed by Loss Peqeño Glazier, with Charles Bernstein, at the Poetics Program of SUNY-Buffalo in 1995.
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/about/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 8d9fb23b683fa83a… - goal (the resource's own statement):
Our goal was to make available a wide range of resources centered on digital and contemporary formally innovative poetries, new media writing, and literary programming.
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/about/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 8d9fb23b683fa83a… - self_description (the resource's own statement):
The site was the first comprehensive Internet archive of its kind for poetry and poetics.
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/about/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 8d9fb23b683fa83a… - libraries (the resource's own statement):
EPC makes extensive resources available through its Digital Library, E-Poetry and Author libraries.
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/about/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 8d9fb23b683fa83a… - archives (the resource's own statement):
We also house the archives of the Buffalo Poetics Program from its fouding in 1991 to 2003 and of the Poetics List (1993-2014), the first poetry listserv discussion group.
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/about/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 8d9fb23b683fa83a… - cpcw (the resource's own statement):
In 2003, EPC began its active collaboration with the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing (CPCW) at the University of Pennsylvania, including its sister site, PennSound.
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/about/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 8d9fb23b683fa83a… - affiliation (the resource's own statement):
We continue our affilation with Poetics and Media Studies at Buffalo and with CPCW at Penn.
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/about/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 8d9fb23b683fa83a… - copyright (the resource's own statement):
©2011
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/about/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 8d9fb23b683fa83a… - sulfur (the resource's own statement):
Sulfur , ed. Clayton Eshleman
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 443499b7dcc7846f… - silliman (the resource's own statement):
Ron SIlliman: Complete Blog History
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 443499b7dcc7846f… - author_pages (the resource's own statement):
Author Pages : Mina Loy and Bill Keith
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 443499b7dcc7846f… - artifice (the resource's own statement):
EPC Digital Edition of Artifice of Absorption
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 443499b7dcc7846f… - latest_item (the resource's own statement):
- Versuche [early work] (2026):PDF
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 443499b7dcc7846f… - katzenelson (the resource's own statement):
Yitzhak Katzenelson, Dos Lid Funem Oysgehargen Yidishn Folk / The Song of the Massacred Jewish People. tr. Jack Hirschman (1945/2012): pdf
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 443499b7dcc7846f… - broken_links (the resource's own statement):
If you have a broken link to an EPC resources, use the top tabs (e.g. author pages & digital library , etc.), fill in the custom search bar at the foot of this page or, for a known URL, substitute "writing.upenn.edu/epc/" for "epc.buffalo.edu/" in the address bar above.
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 443499b7dcc7846f… - pierre_joris (the resource's own statement):
Pierre Joris (1946-2025)
https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 443499b7dcc7846f… - wp_description (a third-party account):
The Electronic Poetry Center ( EPC ), is an online resource for digital poetry .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Poetry_Center · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 6f4f0878a826b572… - wp_founded (a third-party account):
It was founded on July 10, 1994 by Loss Pequeño Glazier and Charles Bernstein , of the Poetics Program at The State University of New York at Buffalo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Poetry_Center · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 6f4f0878a826b572… - wp_visits (a third-party account):
a 2000 estimate has the site receiving 10 million visits a year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Poetry_Center · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 6f4f0878a826b572… - wp_partners (a third-party account):
It is partnered with similar organizations, including UbuWeb and the University of Pennsylvania 's PennSound project.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Poetry_Center · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 6f4f0878a826b572… - wp_edited (a third-party account):
This page was last edited on 2 March 2024, at 09:38 (UTC) .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Poetry_Center · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 6f4f0878a826b572…
Unchecked
the author pages and Digital Library items themselves (the home page is a list of links); the E-Poetry library; the Buffalo Poetics Program and Poetics List archives; any rights statement for the PDFs
Cite: Lee Sharks, ed. "Electronic Poetry Center." How authorship is made and named: a meta-aggregator, leesharks.com, compiled 2026-11-01. https://www.leesharks.com/apparatus/aggregators/epc