Lisa Dart is a poet and experimental writer.
She has published poetry, articles, reviews and, most recently, a creative memoir, Fathom which explores the vivid power of trauma and memory.
Her first poetry collection was The Linguistics of Light, Saltpublishing. Couples and Arkansas in March from the volume were finalists for the Grolier Prize USA. Her poetry pamphlet, The Self in the Photograph was published by Tall Lighthouse. She has a PhD in creative writing from the University of Sussex.
Lisa’s Books →
You may also have seen her work in the following:
Forthcoming in 2024:
This Thing of Darkness
Like a scrapbook, but where Wittgenstein’s philosophy and psychoanalysis meet the graphic novel.
“Definitely very imaginative and intriguing, a really novel way of encountering philosophical ideas - and it’s very beautiful indeed!”
The Bird You Are
A collection of prose poems about a mother and daughter relationship.
“They have the vigour and directness of prose but the lyricism and feeling of poetry.”
A Photograph in Mind
A volume of poems about the loss of her husband.
“Penetrating love poems about loss of her beloved partner. Though heart-breaking at times, reading them is surprisingly restorative.”