dig­i­tal emu­nc­tion is an online pub­li­ca­tion ded­i­cated to the idio­syn­cratic and occa­sional enthu­si­asms (and some­times com­plaints) of its con­trib­u­tors. Lit­er­a­ture and pol­i­tics pro­vide fre­quent sub­jects of atten­tion, but we range widely.

Robert P. Baird, the site’s editor, founded dig­i­tal emu­nc­tion as a per­sonal web­site in late 2006 and redesigned it two years later to accom­mo­date a number of people whose writ­ing he wished he could read more of. He bor­rowed a favorite phrase of Samuel Beckett’s for the title, which, at the time (and still some­times today) described pretty well how he felt about the time he spent on the internet.

A list of cur­rent con­trib­u­tors to dig­i­tal emu­nc­tion may be found in the mast­head in the center column or by click­ing “Authors” in the header on any page. Follow the links in the mast­head to find out more about us.

We wel­come read­ers to con­tact us with tips, sug­ges­tions, cor­rec­tions, or rants at rpb@digitalemunction.com.