Lillian-Yvonne Bertram reading from 'Negative Money' : Dec. 6 @ 7pm in Ulrich Recital Hall
We hope you're like us and looking forward to seeing Maryland's Director of Creative Writing and AADHum team member Lillian-Yvonne Bertram read from their latest collection of poems, Negative Money! This event will be in Ulrich Recital Hall, which is located on the first floor Tawes.
Writing for the ARHU newsletter, Chloe Kim tells us:
Associate Professor Lillian-Yvonne Bertram's latest book of poetry focuses on money—or rather, the lack of it. "Negative Money," published this past June, explores themes of race, gender, debt and love through a range of poetic styles.
Bertram writes computational poetry, a genre that utilizes algorithms and computer programming. Using coding languages like Python, they create computer programs to generate words and lines of poetry within specific parameters.
Calling the book "profound," Publishers Weekly said the poems "bear witness to the precarity of living on the margins of society ... [stirring] readers into necessary reflection." Bertram also spoke to NPR’s Marketplace about how the poems reflect “themes that [they] live.”
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram to Read From ‘Negative Money’
By Chloe Kim Associate Professor Lillian-Yvonne Bertram’s latest book of poetry focuses on money—or rather, the lack of it. “Negative Money,” published this past June, explores themes of race, gender, debt and love through a range of poetic styles.
Kim goes on to interview Dr. Bertram about writing and the work of doing digital poetry, as well as directing the M.F.A in Creative Writing program. You can check out that conversation by clicking above!