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Performance as Cloth, Supernormal Festival 2019. Photo by Richard and Karen Edkins<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

My full-length poetry publications include the collections Two Twin Pipes Sprout Water<\/em> (Prototype, 2021), which was shortlisted for the Forward Poetry Prize and recommended by the Poetry Book Society, and\u00a0Urn & Drum\u00a0<\/em>(Shearsman, 2018). My most recent publications include a poem poster ‘Roasted by myself’ (Prototype, 2025) and a creative-critical book on cross-disciplinary art practice, The Very Nature of Materiality is an Entanglement<\/em>, produced in collaboration with OK-RM design studio (In Other Words, 2024). A new book, Talk a Blue Streak<\/em>, is forthcoming from Monitor Books in May 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I play in the bands Food People and Mountain Hovel Circle and teach creative writing and poetics at the University of Nottingham<\/a>. I have a particular interest in collaborating with artists and musicians. In 2021 I co-curated Pommel<\/a>, an online programme of videos created by artists innovating at the intersection of textual, visual, and sonic performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview at Conch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview in Contemporary Women’s Writing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview with Theophilius Kwek<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review of Two Twin Pipes Sprout Water <\/em>by Alice Hill-Woods in MAP Magazine<\/a>, by Andy Taylor in Litter Magazine<\/a>, by Jeremy Noel-Tod<\/a>, in Buzz Magazine<\/a>, at Neon Books<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review of Urn & Drum <\/em>in Poetry Society<\/a> and Stride Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review of Soft Troika <\/em>in HixEros<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review of Allegories from my Kitchen <\/em>at S<\/a>abotage Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My full-length poetry publications include the collections Two Twin Pipes Sprout Water (Prototype, 2021), which was shortlisted for the Forward Poetry Prize and recommended by the Poetry Book Society, and\u00a0Urn & Drum\u00a0(Shearsman, 2018). My most recent publications include a poem poster ‘Roasted by myself’ (Prototype, 2025) and a creative-critical book on cross-disciplinary art practice, The… Continue reading About<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilamatsumoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilamatsumoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilamatsumoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilamatsumoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilamatsumoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/lilamatsumoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211,"href":"https:\/\/lilamatsumoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilamatsumoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}