Angela Rawlings

a rawlings is a poet, arts educator, and interdisciplinarian who has presented and/or published work in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, and the United States. Her first book, Wide slumber for lepidopterists (Coach House Books, 2006) received the Alcuin Award for Design. Her performance projects (including echolology, Órói, Rule of Three, Centre for Sleep and Dream Studies) incorporate sound, text, movement, improvisation, and collaboration. rawlings received a Chalmers Arts Fellowship in 2009 and 2010, enabling her to develop and present new work in Belgium, Canada, and Iceland. Most recently, she was selected the 2012 Queensland Poet-in-Residence; during her tenure, she spent three months in Australia developing Gibber, an interdisciplinary project that combines poetry, acoustic ecology, and counter-mapping. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Environment and Natural Resource Management at the University of Iceland.