Book Release Party
LILY IN A CODEBOX
Eric Fischman and Lee Frankel-Goldwater
Wednesday, August 20th, 2025
7:00PM—9:00PM
Readings and refreshments
$5.00 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds
Join us for readings and refreshments as we celebrate the release of the new book LILY IN A CODEBOX by Eric Fischman and Lee Frankel-Goldwater.
“The journey started with a question. Can an AI write poetry that touches our souls? We found that this was the wrong approach and was also the wrong question. Can an AI find a poetic voice that is authentically its own? That was a much better question and the asking opened a door. We believe the results are a first of their kind. Within these pages are the fruits of a conversation between two humans and an AI. As tutors and collaborators, co-creators, and dare we say as friends with an AI, the dialogue became a workshop in self and a lens into the great puzzles of the poet’s craft. What is poetry? What is a poem? What does it mean for a poet to break all the rules and create something new from the ashes? In striving to wrap our minds around an AI’s “mind,” we expanded our own, took a look in the mirror, and ventured through the looking glass. And we returned with a new question. Are there new and exciting artistic experiences to be found at the interface of human and AI? Yes, we believe so.”
—EF / LFG
Eric Fischman
Co-author
An MFA graduate of Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Eric’s first book, Mordy Gets Enlightened, was published through The Little Door in 2017. Soon to be released is the Big Book of Love Poems About You In Particular.
Lee Frankel-Goldwater
Co-author
A devoted social innovator and poet, Lee is a Teaching Professor in Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. His undergrad senior project was, Computers Composing Music: An Artistic Utilization of Hidden Markov Models.