Sophie Robinson (born 1985) is an English poet and teacher.
Background
Sophie Robinson was a student on the MA in Poetic Practice at
Royal Holloway, University of London
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, where she subsequently completed a practice-based PhD in queer poetics under the supervision of
Redell Olsen
Redell Olsen FEA (born in 1971) is a British poet, performance artist, film-maker and academic. Her work incorporates traditional books alongside images, texts for performance, films, and site specific work. Olsen describes her work as involving ...
. Robinson's creative and critical work has been published in ''Pilot'', ''How2'', ''Dusie'' and elsewhere. Longer collections include ''Killin' Kittenish'' (2006),''a'' (2009), ''Lotion'' (2010), and ''The Institute of Our Love in Disrepair'' (2012). her work has also been included in the anthologies ''Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century'' (
Bloodaxe), ''The Reality Street Book of Sonnets'' (Reality Street, 2008), and ''Infinite Difference: Other Poetries by U.K. Women Poets'' (Shearsman, 2010). She has performed her work in Ireland, as part of the
SoundEye Festival, and America.
An out
lesbian
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,
she lives in London. She teaches at the
University of East Anglia
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.
Robinson was the poetry artist in residence at the
Victoria and Albert Museum
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in 2011 and at the University of Surrey in 2012.
["Poetry Resident: Sophie Robinson"]
Victoria & Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...
.
Awards
*2010
Lambda Literary Award
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nomination for ''a'' (Les Figues Press, 2009)
*2010
Golden Crown Literary Society
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''Goldie'' Award nomination for ''a'' (Les Figues Press, 2009)
Works
*''Killin' Kittenish'' (yt communications, 2006)
*''The Reality Street Book of Sonnets'' (Reality Street, 2008)
*''a'' (Les Figues Press, 2009)
*''Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century'' (Bloodaxe Books, 2009)
*''Lotion'' (Oystercatcher Press, 2010)
*''Infinite Difference: Other Poetries by U.K. Women Poets'' (Shearsman Books, 2010)
*''The Institute of Our Love in Disrepair'' (Bad Press, 2012)
*''Rabbit'' (Boiler House Press, 2018)
Further reading
*David Kennedy and Christine Kennedy, ''Women’s Experimental Poetry in Britain 1970–2010: Body, Time and Locale'' (Liverpool University Press, 2013)
References
External links
''a''''Voice Recognition''''The Reality Street Book of Sonnets''''The Institute of Our Love in Disrepair''
English women poets
Living people
21st-century English writers
21st-century English women writers
English lesbian writers
1985 births
English LGBT poets
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