For Elisabeth de Mariaffi reading from her novel, The Devil You Know. & George Murray reading from his new book of Poetry, Diversion. Stay tuned for more sights and sounds from this exciting fall line-up. (Photo credit: Liam Lachance. Thanks, Liam!)
#TONIGHT #7PM
Event Details: JMSB @ Concordia, Corner of Guy & de Maisonneuve, 7pm room 2.130 aka The Floating Box Room.
#InConversation #GeorgeMurray #Diversion #Poetry
Next week, Writers Read and and the Concordia Research Chair in Media and Literature George Murray and Elisabeth de Mariaffi to Concordia for a reading and discussion IRL but we've started the conversation here. Join us on November 17th 7pm in the John Molson Building’s Floating Box, room 2.130 (1450 Rue Guy). Writers Read: What makes … Continue reading #InConversation #GeorgeMurray #Diversion #Poetry
The Devil You Know: Writers Read in Conversation with Elisabeth de Mariaffi
Writers Read: Elisabeth, The Devil You Know introduces us to a character that I can imagine reoccurring in other narratives. Are you tempted to write a series of literary thrillers? Elisabeth de Mariaffi: I certainly didn't set out to start a series with The Devil You Know. To be honest, I didn't even really know I … Continue reading The Devil You Know: Writers Read in Conversation with Elisabeth de Mariaffi
#BearingWitless from Diversion by George Murray
#BearingWitless The children did not return before dark. You may have to settle for a Sylvia Plath photo if no Sylvia moment comes. It’s harvest time at the server farms. Twelve plus one is an anagram for eleven plus two. Wineglass stems and bases look like spilling water and pools. Barricades like department store windows. … Continue reading #BearingWitless from Diversion by George Murray
George Murray: from Diversion
#ClockworkOrRage Come all you haters and see what I have wrought. Our primary role as teachers is to demonstrate how to best waste time. I survived Seamus Heaney and all I got was this lousy career. Monuments are built daily to distraction. The terms rescuers and salvagers are mostly interchangeable. Before the sun has risen … Continue reading George Murray: from Diversion
Elisabeth de Mariaffi introduces ‘The Devil You Know’ (video)
Come see Elisabeth De Mariaffi & George Murray read at Concordia on November 17th, 7pm, John Molson Building, The Floating Box, room 2.130 (1450 Rue Guy).
George Murray’s Diversion In His Own Words
"Diversion is essentially an abstract diary of what it means to be distracted. Because of its focus on declarative statements, it resembles in some ways a book of aphorisms, but perhaps a book of aphorisms in the middle of an acid trip or on a ‘roid-rage bender. It’s an angry and funny book about the shrinking … Continue reading George Murray’s Diversion In His Own Words
Roxane Gay & Rachel Zellars
In a sold out event, co-curated with Montreal's Librarie Drawn & Quarterly in the Ukrainian Federation Hall on September 22, Roxane Gay and Rachel Zellars had an intimate and informative conversation. From the McGill Daily “I was compelled to write about Sandra Bland because all too often, when we talk about police misconduct and police … Continue reading Roxane Gay & Rachel Zellars
Roxane Gay’s Best Books (from Bustle)
Roxane Gay will be speaking with Rachel Zellers next week on the stage at the Ukrainian Federation Hall on OCtober 22, 2015 at 7pm. Tickets are sold out. To the lucky ones who got them: get excited! For those who missed out, visit us later and we will post some audio from the talk in our … Continue reading Roxane Gay’s Best Books (from Bustle)
Writers Read: Concordia university's reading Series 