<s>
ReRites	B-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
RERITES	B-Application
,	O
ReadingRites	O
,	O
Big	O
Data	O
Poetry	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
literary	O
work	O
of	O
"	O
Human	O
+	O
A.I.	O
</s>
<s>
ReRites	B-Application
won	O
the	O
Robert	O
Coover	O
Award	O
for	O
a	O
Work	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Literature	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ReRites	B-Application
project	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
daily	O
rite	O
of	O
writing	O
with	O
a	O
neural	O
network	O
,	O
expanded	O
into	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
performances	O
from	O
which	O
video	O
documentation	O
has	O
been	O
published	O
online	O
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
with	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
12	O
books	O
and	O
an	O
accompanying	O
book	O
of	O
essays	O
published	O
by	O
Anteism	O
Books	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jhave	O
(	O
the	O
artist	O
name	O
that	O
David	O
Jhave	O
Johnston	O
goes	O
by	O
)	O
describes	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
writing	O
ReRites	B-Application
as	O
a	O
rite	O
:	O
"	O
Every	O
morning	O
for	O
2	O
hours	O
(	O
normally	O
6:30	O
–	O
8:30am	O
)	O
I	O
get	O
up	O
and	O
edit	O
the	O
poetic	O
output	O
of	O
a	O
neural	O
net	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kyle	O
Booten	O
describes	O
ReRites	B-Application
as	O
"	O
simultaneously	O
dusty	O
and	O
outrageously	O
verdant	O
,	O
monotonously	O
sublime	O
and	O
speckled	O
with	O
beautiful	O
and	O
rare	O
specimens	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReRites	B-Application
was	O
first	O
shared	O
with	O
an	O
audience	O
through	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
performances	O
where	O
audience	O
members	O
and	O
poets	O
would	O
participate	O
in	O
reading	O
the	O
automatically	O
generated	O
texts	O
,	O
which	O
appeared	O
on	O
screen	O
so	O
fast	O
that	O
human	O
readers	O
could	O
barely	O
keep	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
single	O
year	O
Jhave	O
published	O
one	O
book	O
of	O
poetry	O
from	O
the	O
ReRites	B-Application
project	O
each	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allison	O
Parrish	O
notes	O
elsewhere	O
that	O
these	O
paratexts	O
to	O
ReRites	B-Application
serve	O
a	O
legitimising	O
function	O
for	O
a	O
genre	O
of	O
poetry	O
that	O
is	O
not	O
yet	O
institutionally	O
acknowledged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
2016	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Big	O
Data	O
Poetry	O
,	O
Jhave	O
generated	O
poems	O
using	O
"	O
neural	O
network	O
code	O
(	O
..	O
)	O
adapted	O
from	O
three	O
corporate	O
github-hosted	O
machine-learning	O
libraries	O
:	O
TensorFlow	B-Language
(	O
Google	O
)	O
,	O
PyTorch	B-Algorithm
(	O
Facebook	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
AWSD	B-Application
(	O
SalesForce	O
)	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jhave	O
maintains	O
a	O
GitHub	O
repository	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
supporting	O
ReRites	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReRites	B-Application
is	O
described	O
by	O
John	O
Cayley	O
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
thorough	O
and	O
beautiful	O
"	O
poetic	O
responses	O
to	O
machine	O
learning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
jury	O
described	O
ReRites	B-Application
as	O
particularly	O
poignant	O
in	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
pandemic	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
a	O
documentation	O
of	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
private	O
ritual	O
of	O
writing	O
and	O
the	O
obsessive-compulsive	O
need	O
for	O
writers	O
to	O
communicate	O
—	O
even	O
when	O
no	O
one	O
else	O
is	O
reading	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
question	O
of	O
authorship	O
and	O
voice	O
in	O
ReRites	B-Application
has	O
been	O
raised	O
by	O
several	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
generated	O
poetry	O
is	O
an	O
established	O
genre	O
in	O
electronic	O
literature	O
,	O
Cayley	O
notes	O
that	O
unlike	O
the	O
combinatory	O
poems	O
created	O
by	O
authors	O
like	O
Nick	O
Montfort	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
author	O
explicitly	O
defines	O
which	O
words	O
and	O
phrases	O
will	O
be	O
recombined	O
,	O
ReRites	B-Application
has	O
"	O
not	O
been	O
directed	O
by	O
literary	O
preconceptions	O
inscribed	O
in	O
the	O
program	O
itself	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
by	O
patterns	O
and	O
rhythms	O
pre-existing	O
in	O
the	O
corpora	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
essay	O
for	O
the	O
Australian	O
journal	O
TEXT	O
,	O
David	O
Thomas	O
Henry	O
Wright	O
asks	O
how	O
to	O
understand	O
authorship	O
and	O
authority	O
in	O
ReRites	B-Application
:	O
"	O
Who	O
or	O
what	O
is	O
the	O
authority	O
of	O
the	O
work	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
ReRites	B-Application
uses	O
21st	O
century	O
neural	O
networks	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
earlier	O
literary	O
traditions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Poet	O
Victoria	O
Stanton	O
,	O
who	O
read	O
at	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
ReRites	B-Application
performances	O
,	O
has	O
compared	O
ReRites	B-Application
to	O
found	O
poetry	O
,	O
while	O
David	O
Thomas	O
Henry	O
Wright	O
compares	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Oulipo	O
movement	O
and	O
Mark	O
Amerika	O
to	O
the	O
cut-up	O
technique	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scholars	O
also	O
position	O
ReRites	B-Application
firmly	O
within	O
the	O
long	O
tradition	O
of	O
generative	O
poetry	O
both	O
in	O
electronic	O
literature	O
and	O
print	O
,	O
stretching	O
from	O
the	O
I	O
Ching	O
,	O
Queneau	O
's	O
Cent	B-Application
Mille	I-Application
Milliards	I-Application
de	I-Application
Poemes	I-Application
and	O
Nabokov	O
's	O
Pale	O
Fire	O
to	O
computer-generated	O
poems	O
like	O
Christopher	O
Strachey	O
's	O
Love	O
Letter	O
Generator	O
(	O
1952	O
)	O
and	O
more	O
contemporary	O
examples	O
.	O
</s>
