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3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10“Mostly I seek the promiscuous feeling of being alive. Across a topography of tonalities, the codex amplifies an access. Within the discrete shelter, I move freely among new sensation.” — Lisa Robertson, from “Time in the Codex,” Nilling: Prose Essays on Noise, Pornography, the Codex, Melacholy, Lucretius, Folds, Cities, and Related Aporia
“Be not afraid. The isle is full of noises, / Sounds and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not.” — William Shakespeare, from The Tempest
“The language we use is the language we desire.” — Jill Hartman, from Booty: Hurricane Jane and Typhoon Mary
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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.
