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Lisa Robertson (born July 22,1961, in Toronto) is a Canadian poet. She lived for many years in Vancouver, briefly in Oakland, California, and currently lives in France.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Robertson moved to British Columbia in 1979, where she remained for twenty-three years. She studied at Simon Fraser University (1984–1988) , then left the university to become an independent bookseller (from 1988 to 1994 she ran Proprioception Books, a bookstore in downtown Vancouver specializing in poetry, theory and criticism, where she also hosted readings) .

During the 90s, she was a member of The Kootenay School of Writing, which was a writer-run collective, and Artspeak Gallery. Her first book was a chapbook, The Apothecary, published by Tsunami Editions in 1991. Since then she has published eight books of poetry and two books of essays. Since 1995 she has been a freelance writer and teacher.