From possible apocalypse to the all-night pie diner—from the moon landing, to memory, to the cat’s take on death—The Problem With Solitaire considers the question: when we play against ourselves, who wins? with curiosity, compassion, and a stubborn refusal to flinch. Less interested in finding answers than pursuing the paradox itself, Lucia Misch’s poetry travels through landscapes actual, internal, and imagined with unorthodox insight and wit.

Biography, body, meaning, depression, power, grief, self-determination, and disaster are just some of the themes that ride shotgun.

Lucia Misch is a poet and performer from the Bay Area who lives and works on the unceded homelands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people (colonially known as Vancouver).

Since getting her start as a young spoken word artist in California, she has brought her writing to stages across North America. In 2011, she placed second in the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam and continues to share her work at events ranging from literary festivals to labor union conventions, from showcases in ornate theatres to house shows in someone's basement.

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