Context Collapse: A Discussion of Poetics and Politics with Writer and Critic Ryan Ruby
Ryan Ruby is a writer and literary critic, whose work explores the intersection of politics, literature, and poetry. His texts have appeared inThe New Yorker,Harper’s Magazine,The Nation, and many other places. His social media presence helps drive the global discussion of books and ideas.
Please join Ryan and Ӱý Lecturers Stephan Delbos and Seth Rogoff for a reading from Ryan’s new bookContext Collapse: A Poem Containing a History of Poetry, followed by a discussion with the author.
is a writer and translator from Los Angeles, California. His debut novel The Zero and the Onewas published in March 2017 by . It has subsequently appeared in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and France.
He is the author of a book-length poem, Context Collapse, which was a Finalist for the and a Semi-Finalist for the 2020 Tomaž Šalamun Prize. It will be published in November 2024 by Seven Stories Press. He is currently at work on a nonfiction narrative book about Berlin called Ringbahn for Farrar Straus, and Giroux.