Shelley Jackson

Shelley Jackson (born 1963) is an artist and hypertext author.

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Born in the Philippines, Jackson grew up in Berkeley, California with her sister Pam and graduated from Berkeley High School http://www.dailycal.org/article.php?id=8496. She received her AB in art from Stanford University and an MFA in creative writing from Brown University. She is most widely recognized for her hypertext Patchwork Girl (hypertext) published by Eastgate Systems in 1995, a reworking of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Another one of her interesting projects is the Skin Project, a "mortal work of art". Jackson composed a short fiction to be tattooed upon volunteers, one word at a time. The participants are known as "words". A third project is the so-called "Doll Games," co-authored with her sister Pam.

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Philippines - Berkeley - California - Berkeley High School - Stanford University - Brown University - Patchwork Girl (hypertext) - Eastgate Systems - Frankenstein

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She authored a short story collection The Melancholy of Anatomy published by Anchor in 2002 and illustrated several children's books. Jackson has published many articles in The Paris Review, Grand Street, Conjunctions, Fence, and the Mississippi Review. Shelley Jackson is a writer-in-residence at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where she teaches an Intensive Summer Seminar.

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The Melancholy of Anatomy - The Paris Review - Grand Street - Conjunctions - Fence - Mississippi Review - European Graduate School - Saas-Fee - Switzerland

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