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SUMMARY:As Being Is: Poetry Reading on cognitive psychology and ekphrastic poetry
DESCRIPTION:Please join Poetry Matters for \n\n\n\nAs Being Is \n\n\n\na poetry reading with \n\n\n\nRobert Colman \n\n\n\nGeoffrey Cook \n\n\n\nKevin Andrew Heslop \n\n\n\nJeremy Luke Hill \n\n\n\nJim Johnstone \n\n\n\nShane Neilson \n\n\n\n—— \n\n\n\nMonday October 2 at 2pm \n\n\n\nInnovation Commons \n\n\n\nMcLennan-Redpath Humanities and Social Sciences Library\, \n\n\n\nmain floor \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPlease join Poetry Matters for a reading with Canadian poets leading from neuroaesthetics. Alongside recent work\, they will share ekphrastic responses to bill bissett’s painting “as being is” guided by cognitive psychology.
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LOCATION:McLennan-Redpath Humanities and Social Sciences Library
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Reading
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SUMMARY:Poetic Attention
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 29\, 7:30 pmThe Yellow Door3625 Aylmer St\, Montreal \n\n\n\nJoin Poetry Matters for a reading with poets Susan Elmslie\, Patrick Errington\, and Patrick O’Reilly \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusan Elmslie lives in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke. She is author of Museum of Kindness (Brick\, 2017); I\, Nadja\, and Other Poems (Brick\, 2006)\, which won the A.M. Klein Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the McAuslan First Book Prize\, the Pat Lowther Award\, and a ReLit Award; and the prize-winning chapbook When Your Body Takes to Trembling (Cranberry Tree\, 1996). She holds a PhD in English (specialization: Canadian literature) from McGill. She was a Hawthornden Poetry Fellow in 2002. \n\n\n\nPatrick James Errington is author of two chapbooks\, Glean (ignitionpress\, 2018) and Field Studies (Clutag 2019)\, and his debut full-length collection\, the swailing (MQUP 2023). Errington is recipient of awards from the National Poetry Competition and The London Magazine Poetry Competition\, as well as many others. He holds an MFA from Columbia University (2015)\, a PhD in poetic theory and enactive hermeneutics from the University of St Andrews (2018)\, He is a Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. \n\n\n\nPatrick O’Reilly is an archivist and writer from Renews\, NL\, now living in Montréal/Tiohtià:ke. His first chapbook\, A Collapsible Newfoundland\, was published by Frog Hollow Press in 2020. Recent work has appeared in\, or is forthcoming\, in Yolk\, ionosphere\, and Black Sails\, vol.1. His poem “Mint Julep in a Highball Glass” has been nominated for 2023’s Best of the Net anthology. \n\n\n\nSpace is limited. Please register through Contact Us on the Poetry Matters website.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetic-attention/
LOCATION:Yellow Door\, 3625 rue Aylmer\, Montreal\, QC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Reading
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Poetry & Reflection
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 30\, 6 pmAtwater Library Auditorium\n\n\n\nWitness the diversity of poetry at the NexGen MultiArts Festival: An Evening of Poetry & Reflections. Centred around the theme ‘Prejudice: Defying Expectations’ the event offers a unique multilingual\, multicultural\, multi-generational platform for poets and poetry enthusiasts to appreciate the art of poetry. \n\n\n\nWhile shining a spotlight on emerging talents scouted from across Canada\, the festival includes multilingual readings by both established and emerging poets and a panel discussion. Free event.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Poets\n\n\n\nAryan Aggarwal has always been captivated by the romanticism of poetry that reflects the beautiful synergy of Hindi-Urdu literature. His roots are deeply immersed in Bollywood’s sentimentality. Initially expressing his thoughts in prose\, he eventually transitioned to writing Shayari. \n\n\n\nYoutuber Johny Hans is a Punjabi hip hop rapper\, spoken word artist\, song writer and MC. He creates spoken word videos based on his own poetry. His passion is to express his emotions through words. He believes that language is a facilitator and not a barrier. \n\n\n\nBorn in Haiti\, Claudel Jean-Mary moved to Montreal in 1986. He is a faculty member at the Children’s World Academy. In 2004\, he co-founded a cultural organization now known as Les Productions Chemins Artistiques. He is also a cultural chronicler at Radio CPAM\, and co-author of Blues à deux voies\, a collection of short stories and poems.  \n\n\n\nAbhishek Koyalkar is an IT professional who is passionate about making the world a better place. He recently started a podcast named Perceptional Imprints and aims to spread the ideology of having uncomfortable conversations comfortably. He is exploring different realms of music and finds peace in simple things.   \n\n\n\nAvleen K. Mokha\, also known as Mirabel\, was the 2019 winner of McGill’s Peterson Memorial Prize for Creative Writing. Her debut poetry chapbook\, Dream Fragments\, was published in 2020. Mirabel’s poems have appeared in carte blanche\, Yolk Literary\, Dream Pop\, Glass: A Journal of Poetry among others. Her first full-length collection\, The Vanishing Act (& The Miracle After)\, was published in June 2023.  \n\n\n\nYusuf Saadi’s first poetry collection Pluviophile was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2020. Saadi won the Malahat Review’s Far Horizons Award for Poetry in 2016. He is also an editor for The Ex-Puritan and was an editor for Watch Your Head\, a climate change anthology. \n\n\n\nManikya Singh has been pursuing his professional interest in cyber security. Music has been his ultimate refuge. Rooted in profound values of Sikhism\, singing\, songwriting\, and strumming melodies have been his fervent passions.
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LOCATION:Atwater Library Auditorium\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, 2nd floor\, Westmount\, QC
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