About the Journal

The Digital Literature Review is an undergraduate journal featuring peer-reviewed research by multiple contributors from various universities and academic disciplines. Each issue of the DLR will focus on a compelling theme that inspires original, thought-provoking research. In its current theme of Multispecies Encounters, the journal will feature analysis of human and nonhuman interactions in a variety of media. This annual, student-run journal is a product of Ball State University’s immersive learning initiative and is supported by the BSU English Department and the Office of the Provost.

The Digital Literature Review is looking for submissions for our eleventh issue, titled “Multispecies Encounters”. This year, we are looking for writing and visual work that explore multispecies theory—the complex interactions and encounters between the components of our shared environment. Multispecies theory strives to de-center humans when examining our interactions with non-humans, offering new ways of paying attention to the diverse living and non-living beings in our environment. Non-human subjects—animals, plants, fungi, food, water, soil, air, space, electronics, bacteria—inhabit the same world we do, and submissions to “Multispecies Encounters” should engage with and challenge the way we encounter them, write about them, and research them. Read the full submission guidelines here.

If you are a Ball State student and are looking for an immersive learning experience, e-mail dlr@bsu.edu to get involved.

Publishing is supported by Ball State University Libraries in Muncie, Indiana.