The English department mourns the death of Lyn Hejinian, Professor and John F. Hotchkis Chair Emerita. Hejinian is one of the most significant poets of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and for two decades Lyn was the soul of the Berkeley English department. We will all miss her terribly.
In May of 2020, Hejinian was interviewed as part of the 150 Years of Women at Berkeley series. We republish that interview below (along with a short essay on a Josephine Miles poem) in her memory.