A reading by Lisa Robertson at North of Invention (Day One)

Описание: Co-sponsors of North of Invention include: the Canada Council for the Arts, the University Research Fund, the Provost's Interdisciplinary Arts Fund, Asian American Studies, the Working Group in Poetics, Poets House, and Writers Without Borders.
Organized and hosted by Sarah Dowling and Charles Bernstein

North of Invention: A Canadian Poetry Festival
North of Invention presents 10 Canadian poets working at the cutting edge of contemporary poetic practice, bringing them first to the Kelly Writers House, then to Poets House in New York City for two days of readings, presentations and discussion in each location. Celebrating the breadth and complexity of poetic experimentation in Canada, North of Invention features emerging and established poets working across multiple traditions, and represents nearly fifty years of experimental writing. North of Invention aims to initiate a new dialogue in North American poetics, addressing the hotly debated areas of "innovation" and "conceptual writing," the history of sound poetry and contemporary performance, multilingualism and translation, and connections to activism.

9:00 pm: Reading by Lisa Robertson

LISA ROBERTSON was born in Toronto and lived for many years in Vancouver, where she worked with several artist-run organizations, including Kootenay School of Writing and Artspeak Gallery. Her first book, XEclogue, was published in 1993 by Tsunami Editions; Debbie: An Epic, and The Weather followed, from New Star (both co-published by Reality Street in the UK); then The Men (Bookthug, 2006) and Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip (Coach House 2009). She has been the recipient of the Relit Award and the bpNichol Chapbook Award, and was nominated for a Governor General's Award for Poetry in 1998. She has worked as an editor of poetry, a freelance arts and architectural critic, and a teacher, since leaving the bookselling business in 1995, and has taught and held residencies at universities in the United States, England, France and Canada.

This program originally occurred on January 20, 2011. For more information, please visit: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/...