It's true. We have been waiting years, maybe a decade, maybe a lifetime, and the date has finally be confirmed. Dionne Brand will join us for a reading and discussion in Montreal at Concordia University. Dionne Brand is a renowned poet, novelist, and essayist. Her writing is notable for the beauty of its language, and … Continue reading Dionne Brand in Montreal
Lisa Robertson on Dionne Brand (2001/2013/2016)
In another place, not here, a woman might touch something between beauty and nowhere, back there and here, might pass hand over hand her own trembling life, but I have tried to imagine a sea not bleeding, a girl’s glance full as a verse, a woman growing old and never crying to a radio hissing … Continue reading Lisa Robertson on Dionne Brand (2001/2013/2016)
The Body Always Gives a Shit & Other Distractions
Sonnet L'Abbé reads The Body Always Gives a Shit, a poem in three parts. She will be joining Writers Read in March 2016. https://thewalrus.ca/tv-the-body-always-gives-a-shit/ Some data points on the staff make-up of arts organizations in New York City. http://hyperallergic.com/271609/staff-at-nyc-arts-organizations-is-62-white-city-report-shows/ Quill & Quire talks to Pedlar Press founder, Beth Follett. http://www.quillandquire.com/industry-news/2016/01/18/qa-pedlar-press-founder-beth-follett-on-her-mission-to-become-a-publisher-of-excellence/ And a song because why not. If you ever need music … Continue reading The Body Always Gives a Shit & Other Distractions
Audio Archive: Roxane Gay & Rachel Zellers
Writing these essays was of acknowledging my existence that you just don't see written about all too often. The black experience is often times limited to a one very specific type of story and I think that we have to broaden our cultural understanding of what it means to be black. –Roxane Gay talking about Bad … Continue reading Audio Archive: Roxane Gay & Rachel Zellers
Off The Page – Call for Proposals
In March 2016, Writers Read, Off The Page in cooperation with the University of Montreal and Concordia's Centre for Expanded Poetics are hosting: Dionne Brand, Ben Lerner, Jordan Abel, Sonnet L'Abbé, Fred Moten and more. More information will be posted here & here. Call for Proposals For decades the Creative Writing department at Concordia University … Continue reading Off The Page – Call for Proposals
Photo Archive: André Alexis
On January 14, 2016, Giller Prize winner, André Alexis joined the students at Concordia for a discussion about his novel Fifteen Dogs, confidence, and howling.
André Alexis Masterclass & Reading
Creative Writing students can sign up on Sina Queyras' door LB 674.2 or email writersreadconcordia@gmail.com. Space is limited. *** Alexis will also be giving a reading at Librarie Drawn and Quarterly (211 Rue Beranrd Ouest) on Friday January 15th at 7pm. *** Alexis' debut novel, Childhood (1997), won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, and was a co-winner of … Continue reading André Alexis Masterclass & Reading
Sound Archive: Jordan Tannahill on Mental Real Estate
Jordan Tannahill joined us on 25 September 2015 at the VAV Gallery to read and discuss his book, Theatre of the Unimpressed. In this clip he discusses mental real estate, the value of impermanence, and Videofag. Shout out to Jacob Wren. Complete sound archives will be updated soon. In the mean time follow us on Soundcloud for … Continue reading Sound Archive: Jordan Tannahill on Mental Real Estate
Archive Sound: Mary Ruefle
Mary Ruefle covered W.S. Graham's The Secret Name for us on September 25, 2015. More sound archive updates to come. Follow us on Soundcloud. ...from secret name to secret name You maybe did not know you had another.
Save the Date
Just a reminder to save the date. Off The Page will be on March 17-20 2016, featuring: Ben Lerner, Dionne Brand, Sonnet L'Abbé and many more.
Writers Read: Concordia university's reading Series 