Ted Hiebert publishes “Excerpts from the Library of Babel: A meditation on writing, electricity, and ghosts”

excerpts from the library of babel

IAS faculty member Ted Hiebert published “” in Performance Research vol. 23 (On Writing and Performance). The essay reflects on Jorge Luis Borges’s story of a library—so vast it contains a copy of every book that has ever (or could ever) be written—wondering how such an infinite (technological) archive would challenge the questions of writing, engagement and creative community.