Poetry
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A Blue Ribbon
I’m proud and more than a little bit humbled that my poem, “The Undefended Border,” has won the 2011 Founder’s Prize from RHINO, a Chicago-based poetry journal and collective. I’ve admired their work from afar for a while now; I don’t get to Chicago too often, but their furious poetic activity certainly makes me wish…
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Poetry Plus
Join me on November 17 at Arts Café in Mile End for Poetry Plus, one of Montreal’s finest and longest-running reading series. I’m looking forward to reading with a line-up of great local writers. Read on:
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Staging Bishop’s Letters
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Bishop, one of the finest poets of the twentieth century. One of my favorite things about her is how she wandered up and down the Western Hemisphere throughout her life: born in Massachussetts and raised largely in Nova Scotia, she traveled widely in Europe,…
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“House of Blessing” Chapbook Launch
You’re invited to the launch of “House of Blessing,” a poetry chapbook by Montreal poet Jan Jorgensen, published this month by sitting duck press. “House of Blessing” Chapbook Launch Thursday, September 23 / jeudi, 23 septembre 19 h – 21 h Griffintown Cultural Corridor corner of Ottawa and Dalhousie / au coin des rues Ottawa…
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