## Education ### University Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, Honours, First Class University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2013–2017 ### Workshops New York State Summer Writers Institute  Advanced Fiction Instructors: Rick Moody, Susan Minot Skidmore College  2025 Humber School For Writers Fiction Instructor: Sheila Heti Humber Polytechnic, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  2023 Faber Academy Poetry Instructor: Richard Scott, Maurice Riordan Faber and Faber, London, United Kingdom 2019 Harryette Mullen: A Writing Workshop Poetry Instructor: Hoa Nguyen Toronto, Ontario, Canada  2018 ## Author ### Short stories “The Audible Commercial.” Short story, Common Measure, December 2023. [The Audible Commercial | Common Measure](https://commonmeasure.substack.com/p/the-audible-commercial)  “Mark Zuckerberg goes nuts.” Short story, Vessel, December 2022.  [Mark Zuckerberg goes nuts. | Vessel](https://ailisvessel.substack.com/p/mark-zuckerberg-goes-nuts) ### Poetry “Selective History,” “Why Your Voice Sounds so Bad Recorded,” “After the Card Trick.” Three poems in Cypress, A Poetry Journal. May 4th, 2020 [Archive dot org](https://web.archive.org/web/20200530174138/https://cypresspress.ca/2020/05/04/three-poems-by-torben-robertson/)  “A Twohanded Cut,” “The Tornado Cut,” “The Pandora Cut.” Three poems in The Maynard, Issue 3. April 15th, 2020. [The Maynard dot org](http://www.themaynard.org/Vol13No1/index.php)  "Proverbs of the Conjurer." One poem in long con magazine issue 2.5. Mar 17, 2020 [Torben Robertson – long con magazine](https://longconmag.com/issue-2andahalf/torben-robertson/)  “One of many stages of a journey,” “If a tree, an espalier,” “Line on bitter line from in the cold.” Three poems in Trinity Review, Issue 130.2 pp 13 & 96. Mar 1st, 2018. [Squarespace PDF](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b9b40823e2d09817ccd4c5a/t/5d269b9704155d0001c96036/1562811292209/tr130.2.pdf)  “The Tragic and Comic Masks.” One poem, BAD NUDES issue 3.4, December 2018. [Archive dot org](https://web.archive.org/web/20181224095016/http://badnudes.com/issue3.4/poetry.html#robertson)  “my massive box of drugs.” One poem, Hart House Review, 2018 winter supplement. January. Print only. # **Criticism** “How we are cared for. // How we are loved.” Review of Holcocene by Ben Myerson. KFB REVIEW. January 30, 2019.  [“How we are cared for. // How we are loved.” – knife | fork | book](https://knifeforkbook.com/2019/01/30/how-we-are-cared-for-how-we-are-loved/)  [Marcel Proust, Ovid, and the Dangerous Art of Failed Love](https://commonmeasure.substack.com/p/marcel-proust-ovid-and-the-dangerous) Feb 09, 2025 [Dying of Exposure in Mishima's Spring Snow](https://commonmeasure.substack.com/p/dying-of-exposure-in-mishimas-spring) Sep 30, 2023 [Ivan Turgenev’s Father’s and Children - by Torben Robertson](https://commonmeasure.substack.com/p/ivan-turgenevs-fathers-and-children) Mar 21, 2023 [Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - by Torben Robertson](https://commonmeasure.substack.com/p/northanger-abbey-by-jane-austen) Feb 21, 2023 [Alice Munro's Lives of Girls and Women](https://commonmeasure.substack.com/p/alice-munros-lives-of-girls-and-women) Oct 25, 2022 ## Interviews “Torben Robertson.” Interview with Torben. nothing/in particular. April 24th, 2023.  [Interview with Torben Robertson](https://web.archive.org/web/20230424162425/https://www.nothinginparticular.online/interview/torben-robertson))  “Torben Robertson’s Typical Writing Day.” Interview with Torben. My Small Press Writing Day.  September 5th, 2019.  [Torben Robertson's typical writing day](http://mysmallpresswritingday.blogspot.com/2019/09/torben-robertsons-typical-writing-day.html?m=1)  ## Editor Common Measure. Literary Journal. April 2022 – Present.  [Common Measure](https://commonmeasure.substack.com/)  ### Reviews & Articles “Local violist to donate 100% of EP sales to Bowen Island Library.” Thomas Beckman interview. The Ubyssey. Aug. 5, 2015. [Local violist to donate 100% of EP sales to Bowen Island Library](https://www.ubyssey.ca/culture/local-violist-donates-100-of-ep-sales-to-bowen-island-library273/)