Neil Aitken
About
Books
Writing
Coaching
Events
Contact
Opera
Mother Tongue
(libretto). Music composed by Juhi Bansal. Beth Morrison Projects (expected 2027)
Edge of a Dream
(libretto). Music composed by Juhi Bansal. LA Opera (2020)
"Edge of a Dream" [duet + aria]
(2020). 7 minutes.
Full Performance
, LA Opera & Grand Arts Choir (2021), 22 minutes.
Poetry
New Work
Tupelo Quarterly
:
“Ritual”
Hyphen Magazine
:
“After”, "44"
Valparaiso Poetry Journal
:
“Searching My Father's Books”
$ (Poetry is Currency)
: "Letter XXIII", "Letter XXV" (forthcoming)
Moria
:
“Letter XXI”
from
Babbage's Dream
The Adroit Journal
:
“Babbage and Carroll in the Silent Workshop, 1867”
Dialogist
:
"Babbage Reflecting on the Cruelty of Man, 1835", "Babbage Sending Messages to Ada, Now Gone, 1852", "Return", "Void"
Stirring
:
“The Mechanical Turk, Encircled by Flames, Bids Farewell”
Thrush Poetry Journal
:
“Binary”
Lantern Review
:
"Memory"
from
The Lost Country of Sight
Crab Orchard Review
:
"Prodigal"
RHINO
:
"Outside Plato's Republic, The Last Poets Wait for Departure"
Stirring
:
"Elegy for Grey"
Inscape
:
"Burials"
Interactive Fiction
Completed
The Cave
In Progress
Into the Dark Woods
The Interview
Interviews
Moria
:
"Crossing Borders: An Interview with Neil Aitken" by Tania Sislian (2019)
Kenyon Review
:
"A Hunger and a Need" An Interview with Neil Aitken and Dao Strom, Founders of De-Canon" (2019)
The Displaced Nation
:
"TCK Talent: Neil Aitken, Computer Gaming Whiz Kid Turned Award-Winning Poet" (2015)
Lantern Review
:
"2 Poets, 4 Questions: Q&A with Neil Aitken and Rumit Pancholi" (2014)
Inscape Journal
:
"Interview with Neil Aitken" (2012)
Lantern Review
:
"On Poetry Potlucks: Part I - How to Start a Poetry Potluck" (2012)