Mack Thorsday
Performance Art, Poetry, Storytelling
Chris Tysh
Poet, playwright, and translator, Chris Tysh has been on the faculty of the English department at Wayne State University, Detroit since 1989, where she teaches creative writing and women’s studies. She has authored several poetry collections and completed a full screenplay based on a novel of Georges Bataille. Recently, her play, Night Scales, A Fable for Klara K, was produced at the Wayne State University Studio Theatre under the direction of Aku Kadogo. She has given numerous readings, both here and abroad. She is a recipient of a 2003 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
- Tombeau I for Sarah Kofman (1935-1994)
- Tombeau II for Paul Celan (1920-1970)
- Tombeau III for Bruno Schulz (1892-1942)
- Tombeau IV for Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)
- Tombeau V for Edmond Jabès (1912-1991)
- Tombeau VI for Robert Desnos (1900-1945)
- from Dead Letters
- from Cleavage Brigitte, beside herself
- from Night Scales: A Fable for Klara K
- From Molloy: The Flip Side
