Notes from The Oregonian/OregonLive's books desk.

Electronic Literature Organization: The Electronic Literature Organization, which promotes and preserves "born-digital literature," is moving west to Washington State University Vancouver from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Washington State University, where organization president Dene Grigar is a professor and director of the Creative Media & Digital Culture Program, will host the 20-year-old organization, which migrates around the U.S. periodically, for the next five years. Grigar said the premise of born-digital literature is that "the computer can be used as a form of creative expression." It's also a genre that must be read electronically; "it's not like Emily Dickinson on the web," she said. As examples, she cited poet Thom Swiss' "Shy Boy," which features music, scheduling and text animation; screenwriter Kate Tullinger's interactive digital novel "Inanimate Alice"; Alan Bigelow's (very funny) story "How to Rob a Bank," which is best experienced on a smartphone; and Jason Edward Lewis' PoEMM cycle, designed to be read on touchscreen devices. Grigar said she's looking forward to working with local tech companies, especially when it comes to the genre of literary games. She said the organization plans readings, performances and other public events. Meantime, check out the three anthologies it's published at http://collection.eliterature.org.

Lee Spencer: For nearly 20 years, Lee Spencer, a Portland native and onetime field archeologist and fly fisherman, has spent summers next to a pool along the North Umpqua River that is favored by summer steelhead. His task: to keep humans from poaching or disturbing the fish. Spencer's new book, "A Temporary Refuge: Fourteen Seasons with Wild Summer Steelhead" (Patagonia, 320 pages, $27.95), published in June, is fascinating reading for anyone interested in Oregon's wild rivers and the fish that depend upon them. Spencer writes that his time at the pool has irrevocably changed his view of steelhead: "By partway through our second season on the pool, I was much more prepared to regard steelhead as fellow creatures adapted to their own perceptual world, and not as myopic creatures responding to the magical reality of steelhead flies." Spencer also seizes the opportunity to write about other creatures he's observed by the pool, from ants to otters, and even the occasional human.

Ken Wytsma: Ken Wystma is a Bend evangelical pastor and founder of The Justice Conference, which encourages Christians to make justice "a way of life." His latest book, published in June, is "The Myth of Equality: Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege" (InterVarsity Press, 208 pages, $18). In the book, Wystma argues that Christians have a responsibility "to break the cycle of objectifying and marginalizing other people. ... If every person is made in the image of God, then stereotypes lead us down a dangerous path, short-circuiting the difficult process of loving our neighbors." His topics include white supremacy, white privilege, the history of racism, equality and the Kingdom of God, and more.