Lisa Samuels is the author of eight books – The Seven Voices (1998), Paradise for Everyone (2005), The Invention of Culture (2008), Tomorrowland (2009), Mama Mortality Corridos (2010), Gender City (2011), Wild Dialectics (2012), and Anti M (2013) – and a 2-CD recording of Tomorrowland with soundscapes (2012). She has also published four chapbooks, two edited volumes, and essays on poetry, cultural theory, and experimental critical practice. Born in Boston, she has lived in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Australasia. Since 2006 she has taught literature, theory, and creative writing at The University of Auckland in Aotearoa/New Zealand.