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"We are most familiar with our estrangement; it is our home ground." Read more of Charles Bernstein's "Manifest Aversions, Conceptual Conundrums, & Implausibly Deniable Links" from Poetry magazine and then mark your calendars for October 26th at 3PM. CHARLES BERNSTEIN When: Friday, October 26, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. Cost: Free (open to the public) Where: J.A. de … Continue reading A Manifesto by Charles Bernstein

Kraus's occasionally terse style, her use of time and place and lexicon and architecture and cultural mood in place of communications or feelings is a new language. A non-emotional language for emotions. I want to tell her thank you, and mazel tov. - Lisa Carver, The Globe and MailBe sure to catch the inimitable Chris Kraus today at … Continue reading Today: Chris Kraus at Concordia

(photo by Daniel Marlos) The world that you describe in Summer of Hate is so regularly overlooked, not only in fiction but also in art and other forms of cultural production. Discover what overlooked world Chris Kraus explores in Summer of Hate and more about Kraus' approach to writing in an interview with Giampaolo Bianconi of Rhizome. … Continue reading Exploring Bludgeoned Subjectivity: Talking to Chris Kraus

To celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving, head over to BlazeVOX for a bizarrely inventive, gustatory ode to Charles Bernstein by Geoffrey Gatza, a poetic chef who imagines having Bernstein over to Thanksgiving dinner. Charles Bernstein will be at Concordia University for a public reading on October 26th at 3PM. And to help make the Thanksgiving cheer last … Continue reading Writers Read wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving

Kraus has gained a following for her lucid, playful and slightly dangerous first-person fiction narratives, which frequently blur the line between novel, autobiography and art writing...The above is the setup for a fascinating interview in Art in America magazine with writer, filmmaker, and art critic Chris Kraus, who will be doing a reading this Wednesday at … Continue reading Performing Is Storytelling: Q+A With Chris Kraus

(photo by Rosanne Olson) Come experience Rae Armantrout's poetry - live! - tonight at Concordia. WHEN: Friday, October 5, 2012, at 7 p.m. COST: Free (open to the public) WHERE: J.A. de Sève Cinema, J.W. McConnell (LB) Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.), Sir George Williams Campus Read about Rae Armantrout's indebtedness to Emily Dickinson, her … Continue reading Rae Armantrout – Live Tonight – 7PM at Concordia

Rae Armantrout reads a poem from her Pulitzer Prize-winning "Versed." Only one day left to wait...WHEN: Friday, October 5, 2012, at 7 p.m.COST: Free (open to the public)WHERE: J.A. de Sève Cinema, J.W. McConnell (LB) Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.), Sir George Williams Campus