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He writes in English and Spanish (as well as explorations in other languages), has taught a humanities seminar at Villanova University, where he completed his MA in Spanish Language and Literature, and is a long-time student of philosophy. Joseph Robertson is acknowledged by Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute (EPI), in the preface to the book Plan B, for his translations of EPI ecology reports, into Spanish.
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His first book in print is Breves penumbras, a collection of his poetry in original Spanish. His work is devoted to expanding the expressive quality of the human experience, and to cultivating interest in the meaningful complexities which often go without comment or comprehension, but which are largely responsible for all forms of human dignity.
His second book is also a collection of poetry in Spanish, Otro posible desvío de lo esperado, and was presented to the public in Barcelona, Spain, in April 2007. His third collection of poetry is also nearing its final editorial stages and will be entitled Jaguar y cascada.
His first published book in English is scheduled for early 2009, a collection of essays on aesthetics and social philosophy, entitled Cave Painting: aesthetics and the making of meaning. Later in 2009, expect the publication of Ptarmigan: a novel in verse miniatures.
And as a complementary work to Casavaria's first blog site and nascent literary workshop, Elindulnék (where much of his works in progress can be explored), he is preparing a bilingual edition of diary extracts, short essays and social commentary, entitled Numbering Sands, to be published in 2010, and intended as the beginning of an ongoing work which will include periodic expansions and new volumes.
For images from the repertoire of his book design work, please go to Joseph Robertson's Book Design Gallery.
BOOKS
| BREVES PENUMBRAS Poesía en castellano, diciembre 2002 |
OTRO POSIBLE DESVÍO DE LO ESPERADO Poesía en castellano, sept. 2008 |
JAGUAR Y CASCADA Poesía en castellano, inv. 2009 |
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| CAVE PAINTING: AESTHETICS & MEANING Essays, currently online only |
PTARMIGAN A novel in verse miniatures, in progress |
NUMBERING SANDS Bilingual edition (Eng-Esp) of short essays, a journey |
POETRY
FICTION
Ptarmigan
» FAULTLINES ARE LIFEGIVERS :: LA PIETÀ :: BREATHING MOON, OVER WATER :: TRAVELING, WITHOUT TIME :: TO DO WHAT YOU'RE MOVED TO
ESSAY
Cave Painting: essays on what appears to be
The Cave Painting series is comprised of essays that examine what appears to be true in our shared world, what role we play in constructing such appearances, and the ways in which we interact with those perceived truths.
:: Ecological Humanism (CP)
:: Writing & Naming: the Medicine of Acquiring Knowledge (CP)
:: The Story: a condensed poetics
TRAVEL
:: Xampanyería: a Spanish Memoir
:: Crafting Invisible Fires: Scenes of London & Bristol
:: Abanico: Philippine Impressions
POESÍAS
FICCIÓN
VIAJES
:: Oxígeno y ciprés: junio en España
ENSAYO
:: Carta sobre la poética versátil, o artesanal
:: El quipu lírico de Jorge Teillier
Original Works & Explorations in Five More Languages:
Català, Français, Italiano, Português, Svenska
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| Contraluz, 1996-2006 | Delicate Vessels, 1995-2003 |
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| The Aspirations of Memory, 1995-2001 | A Season of Azure, June 2001 |
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WRITING & NAMING: the medicine of acquiring knowledge
Joseph Robertson
Language is that point of contact in the abstract, that plane where the intellectual life within us is enabled to assert itself as part of the overall experience of living. Language is that plane where the individual self is allowed repeated attempts at manifestation. What takes place in the process of writing, in the spilling of ink or the posting of digital characters, the slip toward defining a landscape, however brief, is the sanctification of an individual, and by extension of the human condition as such...
Not every person is a writer, by trade, nor should they be, but there is something about the act of writing that serves the writing individual as if it were a medicine for selfhood, a healing venture into clean waters. Especially so when its intent is to be expressive of secret regions of the mind or to lay out new experimental vessels for such expression. [Keep reading...]
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