Marina Carr, renowned Irish playwright, visited Concordia University this past November to give a master class and a reading of her work. Carr’s plays, which often involve meditations on violence,…
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In 2013 Emma Donoghue visited Concordia for a reading and a master class. She talked about the joy of the archives and the endless research involved in writing fiction. WR…
Frankie Barnet: Place plays a significant role in your work. Stories like “Wireless”, “Hellgoing” and “Another World” all seem to have an interest in exploring and critiquing cosmopolitan aspects of…
Lemonhound and Poetry Is Dead are teaming up to create a folio spotlighting New Vancouver Poets. Co-edited by Dina Del Bucchia and Daniel Zomparelli, we seek to publish work from…
INTRODUCING TRISHA LOW I think we can all agree that “emotional poetry” is a disease. Maybe not the poetry. But the incessance of the emotional environment—the appeals to a “felt”…
Anne Carson Wednesday, October 30, 2013 The line is so long and the lobby is so small and we’re all here to see a poet who is improbably famous but…
By Laura Huzzy The line at the box office made it look like it’d sell out. It was strange to see such a well-attended poetry reading, not that I’d never…
I heard Lourdes Vazquez read for the first time last night, at Zinc Bar, and she was incredible–she read the original, Erica Kaufman the translations. I’m so glad I found…
Tuesday, May 9, 7PM@ Dixon Place (258 Bowery, 2nd Floor—Between Houston & Prince)Admission is $5 at the Door.Rae Armantrout’s most recent books are Up to Speed (Wesleyan, 2004), The Pretext…
Thinking about the poet Marjorie Welish, whom I met this week, and whom I will introduced Tuesday when she reads for belladonna (don’t miss this!). Educator, critic, ARTIST, Welish is…
Saturday, April 29th @ 3pmTHE EAR INN326 Spring StreetWest of GreenwichNew York, NYFor More Information
Being a little distracted, I didn’t take many photos of the Coach House Launch in TO (see report below), but here is one of Jon Paul Fiorentino for your viewing…