Borderline.exeDec’24Robert Coover Award
Borderline.exe is an interactive HTML poem about migration, digital violence, and bureaucratic absurdity. Hostile questions fill the screen (“Are you a terrorist?”) while “No” checkboxes run from your cursor. You must obey to proceed. A countdown appears: 299 days until your documents arrive. The interface becomes the border. This work won the 2024 Robert Coover Prize for its “experiential precision and emotional resonance”.