LYN HEJINIAN (1941-2024) was a feminist avant-garde poet and scholar. She was the author of numerous books including Allegorical Moments: Call to the Everyday, and the bestselling, My Life and My Life in the Nineties. She was a co-founder and co-editor of a number of publishing ventures and literary...

LYN HEJINIAN (1941-2024) was a feminist avant-garde poet and scholar. She was the author of numerous books including Allegorical Moments: Call to the Everyday, and the bestselling, My Life and My Life in the Nineties. She was a co-founder and co-editor of a number of publishing ventures and literary journals including Nion Editions, FLOOR, Atelos, Tuumba Press and Poetics Journal. She was the John F. Hotchkiss Professor of English Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley.