Author - Lisa Matthews

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Poetry and landscape: The Standings

10 years ago

by Lisa Matthews

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The Standings is a new strand of poetry, photography and art-science research being developed by...

Lisa Matthews

Lisa Matthews was born in Benwell in Newcastle upon Tyne and has lived in the north-east all her life. She has published two full collections of poetry (Postcards from a Waterless Lake and The Deadheading Diaries) and has founded or co-founded several major creative writing initiatives. She has held various writing residencies and fellowships, most recently at the ESRC Genomics Forum, Edinburgh University. As well as facilitating writing workshops in the north east to help people explore their hopes and fears surrounding the new genetics and biotechnology, Lisa also works with medical students and staff in Newcastle and Durham Universities, where she uses literature and creative writing to help trainee doctors become better communicators.