Moonbit (punctum books, forthcoming) is a hybrid work comprised of experimental poetry and a critical theory of the poetics and politics of computer code. It offers an extended intellectual and creative engagement with the affordances of computer software through multiple readings and re-writings of a singular text, the source code of the Apollo 11 Guidance Computer or the “AGC.” Moonbit re-marks and remixes the code that made space travel possible. Half of this book is erasure poetry that uses the AGC code as the source text, building on the premise that code can speak beyond its functional purpose.

Rena J. Mosteirin’s poetic novella "Nick Trail's Thumb" (Kore Press, Tuscan, 2008) won The Kore Press Short Fiction Award, judged by Lydia Davis. Davis writes:

"What a fresh and engaging story Mosteirin has written--with its unusual setting, interesting form, arresting specifics, captivating insights, strong dialogue, and rhythmic prose. The writing and the vision alike are utterly persuasive."

You can buy "Nick Trail's Thumb" here at the Kore Press website or on Amazon.

Mosteirin wrote about ghosts for White Heat.

Eduardo Corral selected Mosteirin's poem "Chango" for the Summer 2018 (Issue 42) issue of The Puritan.

Rena J. Mosteirin's poetry blog "White Whale Crossing" hosts over 200 original poems and works-in-progress. Her poems have been published in Ozone Park, Bloodroot, The Green Rock Review, The Stonefence Review, Untamed, Farmhouse, Poetrycrush.com and the anthologies code{poems} (Impremta Badia, Barcelona, 2012) and The Waiting Room Reader II (CavanKerry Press, 2012). Check out some audio and video here.

Rena lives next to a bear sanctuary and wrote a personal essay about that for Junction Magazine. She wrote about the glamour of a Simon Pearce punchbowl for New York Magazine. Mosteirin is a produced playwright and occasionally writes theater reviews. Here’s a poem she really likes that was published by Poetry Crush. She works at Dartmouth College and Left Bank Books and is an editor at Bloodroot Literary Magazine.

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