Tan Lin

Tan Lin is the author of over 13 books, including Heath Course Pak (2012), Bib. Rev. Ed., Insomnia and the Aunt (2011), 7 Controlled Vocabularies and Obituary 2004: The Joy of Cooking (2010), Plagiarism/Outsource (2009), Ambience is a Novel with a Logo (2007), BlipSoak01 (2003), and Lotion Bullwhip Giraffe (2000). His work has appeared in numerous journals, including Conjunctions, Artforum, Criticism, boundary2, the New York Times Book Review, and Purple. He has received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Award for poetry and a Creative Capital Grant. His video, theatrical, and LCD work have been shown at Artists Space, the Yale Art Museum, Sophienholm Museum (Copenhagen), Ontological Hysterical Theatre, and the Treize Gallery in Paris. Lin earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He currently teaches creative writing at Columbia University and New Jersey City University.