Lisa Robertson

Born in Toronto, Canadian writer Lisa Robertson lived in Vancouver for twenty-three years, where she was a participant in the continuing utopian experiment called The Kootenay School of Writing. She now lives in France. Her books of poetry include XEclogue, Debbie: An Epic, The Weather (New Star Books/ Reality Street Editions) and Rousseau’s Boat (Nomados). Recently published by Clear Cut Press and in Canada, Coach House, is Occasional Works and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture, a linked series of prose essays on cities, architecture and ornament, and a book of poems, The Men: A Lyric Book (Bookthug) This fall she is Holloway poet in residence at UC Berkeley.

Lifted: An interview with Lisa Robinson (.pdf)