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Lisa Robertson
April 30, 2015
Canadian poet, essayist and translator Lisa Robertson reads from new and unpublished work. Robertson began publishing in the early 90s in Vancouver in the artist-run centre community, writing texts for visual artists. Her books include Debbie: An Epic, The Weather, The Men, R’s Boat, Lisa Roberson's Magenta Soul Whip, and the new long poem Cinema of the Present. In 2014 she was Bain Swigget visiting Lecturer in Poetry at Princeton University. She teaches in the Master of Fine Arts programme at Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, and lives in France.
Presented by the Pearl Andelson Sherry Memorial Fund and the Program in Poetry and Poetics.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to jmhaley@uchicago.edu.
Lisa Robertson
April 30, 2015
Canadian poet, essayist and translator Lisa Robertson reads from new and unpublished work. Robertson began publishing in the early 90s in Vancouver in the artist-run centre community, writing texts for visual artists. Her books include Debbie: An Epic, The Weather, The Men, R’s Boat, Lisa Roberson's Magenta Soul Whip, and the new long poem Cinema of the Present. In 2014 she was Bain Swigget visiting Lecturer in Poetry at Princeton University. She teaches in the Master of Fine Arts programme at Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, and lives in France.
Presented by the Pearl Andelson Sherry Memorial Fund and the Program in Poetry and Poetics.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to jmhaley@uchicago.edu.
