Denise Riley Comments

1. Denise Riley (born 1948, in Carlisle) is an English poet and philosopher living in London. Her poetry is remarkable for its paradoxical interrogation of selfhood within the lyric mode. Her critical writings on motherhood, women in history, identity, and philosophy of language, are recognised as an important contribution to feminism and contemporary philosophy.

2. Denise Riley was, until recently, Professor of Literature with Philosophy at the University of East Anglia and is currently A. D. White Professor-at-large at Cornell University. She was formerly Writer in Residence at Tate Gallery London, and has held fellowships at Brown University and at Birkbeck, University of London.

3. She is not related to the British poet Peter Riley, nor to the American poet Atsuro Riley.