Curating the Future
"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
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!
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.
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.
A conversation too lengthy to broadcast. Listen to it here. Canadian poet Ken Babstock will be giving a free public reading at Concordia on Monday, November 25th at 11AM in the John Molson Building (MB 2.130). You won't wanna miss it!
Writers Read: Concordia university's reading Series 