Born in 1975, Virginie Poitrasson is a poet, translator and performer. Originally from Lyon, she taught at Tulane University in New Orleans and Fordham University in New York and now lives in Paris. Virginie Poitrasson’s poetry collections include among others: Tantôt, tantôt, tantôt (éditions du Seuil), Une position qui est une position qui en est une autre (éditions Lanskine), Le pas-comme-si des choses (éditions de l’Attente), Il faut toujours garder en tête une formule magique (éditions de l’Attente), Demi-valeurs (éditions de l’Attente) and Série ombragée (Propos2 éditions). Poitrasson also translates poets Cole Swensen, Mei Mei Berssenbrugge, Marylin Hacker, Charles Bernstein, Jennifer K. Dick, Michelle Noteboom, Shanxing Wang, Rodrigo Toscano, and Laura Elrick for a French audience and has published the following booklength translations: Angle of yaw by Ben Lerner (Joca Seria), First figure by Michael Palmer, with Éric Suchère (José Corti), and Slowly by Lyn Hejinian (Format Américain). She has also written about the work of Pierre Soulages for the New York gallery Levy Gorvy Dayan. The unlikeness of things  translated by Michelle Noteboom will be published in 2025 by Litmus Press. She regularly performs and gives public readings in France and abroad. With the composer and flautist Joce Mienniel, she created Chambre(s) à Écho(s), a musical show awarded by SACD/Beaumarchais. https://linktr.ee/virginiepoitrasson