Roxi Power continues the conversation with poet Elizabeth Robinson about Vulnerability Index, her 2026 poetry book focusing on her work with the unhoused population of Boulder, Colorado. Robinson's poems illuminate the both the heroism and the casualty cruelty of the social services world. She brings an artful attention, for which she is known, to characters whom she humanizes and brings to life through multiple poetic genres, including an intake form sung by a homeless woman that Robinson sings on our show.

Elizabeth Robinson is the author of over 20 books, including Vulnerability Index, published in 2026 by Curbstone Books of Northwestern University Press. Her poetry has earned the National Poetry Series for Pure Descent and the Fence Modern Poets Prize for Apprehend, among other recognitions. Robinson has taught at the University of San Francisco, Naropa University, and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.She is currently a senior pastor at Orinda Community Church in the Bay Area and teaches at Lighthouse Writers’ Workshop. Robinson lives with her husband, poet Randy Prunty.

https://www.elizabethrobinsonpoetry.com/

https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810149205/vulnerability-index/