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The Venus Problem
Lisa Robertson

A digital project, part of Counterfactuals
  • Lisa Robertson is a Canadian poet now based in the Vienne region of France. Her most recent books are Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip (Coach House, 2009) and R’s Boat (University of California Press, 2010) A book of essays, Nilling, is forthcoming from Bookthug in Toronto.
“The Venus Problem” was produced by Triple Canopy as part of its Immaterial Literature project area, supported in part by the Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Tags: History, Poetry, Theory
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  • Years Ago Before the Nation Went Bankrupt, by David Wojnarowicz
  • Calamities, by Renee Gladman
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