Check out this fascinating article in The New Yorker by Robyn Creswell about Carolyn Forché's ongoing project of "reinventing the political lyric." Forché will be a featured at Writers Read Concordia March 14th. Join us for a free public reading at 7PM in the Hall Building H-767.
To Hell and Back, With Poetry
"When we read the poem as witness, we are marked by it and become ourselves witnesses to what it has made present before us. Language incises the page, wounding it with testimonial presence, and the reader is marked by encounter with that presence. Witness begets witness. The text we read becomes a living archive." -- … Continue reading To Hell and Back, With Poetry
Carolyn Forché reads “Ourselves or Nothing”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jIiRvFRj18 Listen to Carolyn Forché read her powerful poem dedicated to Terrence Des Pres. Forché will be visiting Concordia University with Writers Read on March 14th. Don't miss out!
Tanya Tagaq Wins Galaxie Rising Stars Award!
Those of you lucky enough to catch Tanya Tagaq's Writers Read performance in October will be pleased to know she's continuing to knock our socks off.
KEN BABSTOCK ON MONDAY!
Visit Concordia Monday November 25th at 11AM in the John Molson Building (MB2.130) for a free public reading from Griffin Prize winning poet Ken Babstock.
Writers Read: Concordia university's reading Series 