thistles, fossils, and spacecraft:
explore A Different Physics
With sensitivity, grace, and artistic deftness, the poems in Lisa Rosenberg’s A Different Physics ache with the understanding that our modes of knowing the world—theoretical, mathematical, lingual—open as much distance as insight…
Published spring 2018 by Red Mountain Press
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Rosenberg’s poems meet at the crux of so many of our contemporary concerns: How do we maintain wonder for the elemental when so intent on molding it for our purposes? How do we keep faith in ourselves in the face of our own failures? By uncovering a haunting sense of fragility and impermanence in something as steadfastly stony as the fossil record, Rosenberg both records and celebrates the ways we know and open frames that have the potential to become joyous “through every season, and in every light.” — Irena Praitis, 2017 Red Mountain Poetry Prize Judge
PUBLICATIONS
Lisa’s publications include poetry and essays in journals and anthologies. Her poems appear in The Threepenny Review, POETRY, The Common, Bad Lilies, Witness, Poetry Daily, AROHO Waves Anthology, Southwest Review, The POETRY Anthology: 1912-2002, California Fire & Water: A Climate Crisis Anthology, and elsewhere. Her personal and academic essays span travel, science, satire, memoir, poetics and systems, in journals including Terrain.org, Leonardo, The Common, and Organizational Aesthetics. Earlier prose publications include technology features and research.
Press
“…writing that gleams with subtlety, grace, precision, and high attention to craft…a terrific book, readers—timely and timeless—don’t miss it!”
– Oct. 13, 2019 WOMEN’S VOICES FOR CHANGE
“Lisa Rosenberg’s poetry challenges the myth that the arts and sciences don’t mix.”
— March 29, 2018 State Lines, San Francisco Chronicle
“The rigor necessary for the scientific understanding can complement and expand the wonder that accompanies people of faith, or can stand on its own as it bestows pleasure and knowledge. A different physics indeed.”
— Sept. 17, 2018 The Rumpus
“Red Mountain Press awards an annual prize of $1000 and publication of a full length poetry book. This year the Poetry Prize went to Lisa Rosenberg for A DIFFERENT PHYSICS.”
— October 1, 2017 Red Mountain Press
“Scientist poet” Lisa Rosenberg is named Poet Laureate of San Mateo County.
November 11, 2016 InMenlo
POET Laureate, Outreach, CONSULTING
With a focus on systems and design skills, Lisa speaks, consults, and instructs, bringing tools of science and art to endeavors in industry, community work, and education.
As Poet Laureate Emerita of a diverse Bay Area county, Lisa advocates for poetry across a wide range of organizations. She has created and hosted numerous events, providing public venues for new and experienced writers alike to develop and present their voices, and giving talks and workshops in educational, library, business, prison, and civic settings. The community project of her 2017-2018 tenure was a county-wide ekphrastic challenge, Spoken Art, that showcased local artwork in several media, and received hundreds of original poems from writers of all ages.
In addition to readings and craft talks, Lisa speaks within and outside of literary forums, bringing multidisciplinary tools to conversations on issues of local and global concern. Tailored consulting engagements address challenges in technology, enterprise, and education. Contact Lisa for engagements.
