Chris Tysh

Born and raised in Paris, poet, playwright and translator, Chris Tysh is the author of several collections of poetry and plays:

Pornē

Coat of Arms

In the Name

Continuity Girl

Cleavage

Night Scales: A Fable for Klara K

Molloy: The Flip Side

Our Lady of the Flowers, Echoic

Hotel des Archives: A Trilogy

Derrida's In/Voice

26 Tears

Her Motor City drama, car men, a play in d, was staged at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, under the direction of Carla Harryman in 1996. Night Scales, A Fable for Klara K was staged at the Hilberry Studio Theater in 2010, under the direction of Aku Kadogo.

She is a recipient of a 2003 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a 2010 Kresge Artist Fellowship. On the faculty of the English Department at Wayne State University, she teaches creative writing and women’s studies. She has given numerous readings in New York, Los Angeles, Boulder, San Francisco, San Diego, Paris, Prague, and elsewhere.

http://www.wdet.org/article/art-x-artist-profile-chris-tysh

http://www.escapeintolife.com/poetry/chris-tysh/

http://jacketmagazine.com/38/tysh-flowers.shtml

http://vimeo.com/20562969 Chris Tysh on vimeo