Curating the Future
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
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 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
#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
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).
"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
Irish poet Paula Meehan, York Amphitheatre, October 1st.
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 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)
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
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