Lisa Samuels reads two poetry increments from a developing poetry manuscript called Livestream: ‘The Other Instinct’ and ‘Like Big Noise’.

Lisa Samuels is a transnational (US/NZ) poet whose recent works include a film version of her book Tomorrowland (2017, director Wes Tank), the anthology A Transpacific Poetics (2017, principal editor; co-editor Sawako Nakayasu), the poetry books Symphony for Human Transport (a Guardian top ten poetry book of 2017) and Foreign Native (2018), and visual art at Studio One Toi Tū (2019). Lisa is Professor of English and Drama at the University of Auckland.