About
“The Algorithm” was inspired by Brent Lucia’s work in teaching both technical writing and early childhood literacy courses. The algorithm is a topic he explored while shuttling between these two different classes, thus allowing him to consider the similarities between algorithms and language.
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Audio Version of “The Algorithm,” as read by Brent Lucia
The Algorithm
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FROM:
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SUBJECT: The Algorithm
Elegance is found in a sequence
whispered in successive states
and the sentient glow built in sounds
between short, tapered regrets.
• Inputs, like phonemes, found our rhythm.
• In structure, a networked s/o/u/l.
Our stories unravel in outputs,
calculating to the skin
Biography
Brent Lucia currently teaches business writing courses for the School of Business at the University of Connecticut. In the past he has taught both literature and composition courses for The City University of New York and William Paterson University. He graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2018 with a Ph.D in Composition and Applied Linguistics, and his current research explores the rhetorics of technology and its relationship to the production of space.
© 2019 Brent Lucia, used by permission
