MediaCommons' THE NEW EVERYDAY is happy to announce the publication of a cluster on EVERYDAY PLAY, curated by Sam Tobin of Fitchburg State University. Everyday Play is a collection of mostly personal reflections on how play animates and transforms everyday life. Contributors address a wide range of issues including: ritual, love, sacrifice, shopping, family, work, digital worlds, memory and skeeball. Carly Kocurek, "Love and Skeeball" Raiford Guins, "66.135.205.13" Judd Ruggill & Ken McAlliser, "The Everyday Play of Collaboration" Marc A. Ouellette, "Married, with Children and an XBox: Compromise in Video Game Play" Jennifer deWinter, "The Personal Politics of Everyday Play" Steven Conway, "In the Game? An Everyday Analysis" *Marc Ruppel, "How to See a World in a Grain of Sand" *Henry Lowood, "Forbidden Areas: The Hidden Archive of a Virtual World" [ * Mixed in from previous TNE clusters ] ** INTERESTED IN PROPOSING YOUR OWN CLUSTER FOR THE NEW EVERYDAY? Read about the journal, http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/tne/about), see our "How it Works" page (http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/tne/how-it-works), and send your proposals to our Coordinating Editor at [log in to unmask] ** ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]