Join Writers Read on Friday October 7th at 2pm (MB 2.130, 1450 Rue Guy) for our first event of the season, as we host Don McKay and Jeramy Dodds, two equally original poets, for a reading and discussion about writing poetry, winning poetry prizes, and speaking in the voices of Old Icelandic, bird songs, and … Continue reading Angular & Crabwise: a Reading with McKay and Dodds
Don McKay’s “Fridge Nocturne”
In “Fridge Nocturne”, a short poem near the beginning of Don McKay’s selected poems, the sleepless poet lies listening to the sound of his fridge, ‘the old/armless weeping willow of the kitchen’. The fridge’s “Humble murmur” brings to his mind several distant rivers–“the Saugeen, the Goulais/the Raisin”. The permeability of the border between the domestic … Continue reading Don McKay’s “Fridge Nocturne”
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.
Standing Room Only
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!)
ROM COM: Dina & Daniel, Tomorrow at 2PM
Tomorrow afternoon, Concordia's Writers Read is thrilled to be hosting the West Coast poetry duo of Dina del Bucchia and Daniel Zomparelli. They're stopping by as part of their book tour for Rom Com (Talon Books, 2015), which is an exploration both of the romantic comedy genre itself and so-called real life through the lens of film. … Continue reading ROM COM: Dina & Daniel, Tomorrow at 2PM
Someone Reading a Book is a Sign of Order in the World – Mary Ruefle
Mary Ruefle is joining us for a masterclass, reading and discussion on Friday. Join us! Key words: writing, erasing, everything. She is the author of the Trances of the Blast (Wave Books, 2013), Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures (Wave Books, 2012), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism, and Selected Poems … Continue reading Someone Reading a Book is a Sign of Order in the World – Mary Ruefle
The Line Break: An Interview with Mary Ruefle
The 2015-2016 season of Writers Read continues with a Master class and a reading by Mary Ruefle on September 25th, 2015. Join us! An interview, suggestions for writing exercises, and a reading from Mary Ruefle in which she reminds us that "there are people who forget that writing is a joyful activity." From the Campus Poetry School, Culture Laser … Continue reading The Line Break: An Interview with Mary Ruefle
The Poet Thinks With Her Poem: An Interview With Rae Armantrout
Rae Armantrout, born in California in 1947, is part of the first generation of West Coast Language poets. Armantrout has published several books of poetry, including: Versed (2009), which earned the Pulitzer Prize in 2010; Next Life (2007), selected by The New York Times as one of the most notable books of 2007; Up to … Continue reading The Poet Thinks With Her Poem: An Interview With Rae Armantrout
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