Tao Lin writes from his apartment in hyper-connected Brooklyn. Robert Peake programs by day but writes in his free time in sleepy Ojai. And Katie Peterson teaches, most recently at a remote college in eastern California. And yet they're all grappling with what it means to express their art on the Web, especially on instant media like Twitter, IM, and gchat. I asked them to share their stories in this week's podcast (at right). They were also kind enough read some of their work....

Robert Peake reads "Digital Forensics" and "Yellow":
Katie Peterson reads "Aubade: Winter" from her collection This One Tree:
More Twitter reflections/thoughts/images from Katie:
Tao Lin's "some of my happiest moments in life occur on AOL instant messenger" from his collection you are a little bit happier than i am:
Check out video readings (including William Shatner's Ode to Sarah Palin!) below...

Here's an especially evocative and unsettling (creepy?) reading of the Tao's poem "Some of my happiest moments in life occur on AOL Instant Messenger":




William Shatner reading Sarah Palin’s "Free Verse" on Conan O'Brian:




Tao Lin reads an entry from his blog:




Robert Peake chats with Scottish poet Andrew Philip, over Skype, about how technology is altering their medium.