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The Art Bar Love Lounge Romantic poetry with host Cynthia Gould and crooner Romeo Satin Featuring Lara Bozabalian, David Silverberg, Amanda Hiebert, Priscila Uppal, Norm Cristofoli, Sandra Kasturi and more!
Black History Night Art Bar "Black History Night Reading" with host Rudy Fearon Featuring Leviathan, Unblind, J. Nichole Noel, Isiri Makeba, Nisa lawson
Suzanne Buffam Suzanne Buffam is the author of "Past Imperfect," (Anansi which won the 2006 League of Canadian Poets' Gerald Lampert Award), and the chapbook, "Interiors" (Delirium). Her work has appeared in numerous journals in Canada and the US, most recently including Poetry, A Public Space, and The Boston Review, as well as the anthologies "The New Canon" (Signal, "Jailbreaks: 99 Canadian Sonnets," (Biblioasis and "Breathing Fire: Canada's New Poets (Vol. 1" (Harbour. Her work has been translated into French, German, Spanish, and Slovenian, and she has participated in literary festivals across North America and Europe. Twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize, she won the CBC Literary Award for poetry in 1998, and currently teaches creative writing at the University of Chicago. Aislinn Hunter Aislinn Hunter is the author of two books of poetry Into the Early Hours and The Possible Past, a short story collection What's Left Us, and a novel Stay, all of which have been nominated for, or won, national awards. She teaches creative writing part-time at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and divides her time between Canada and the UK where she is finishing a Ph.D. at the University of Edinburgh.
Asa Boxer Asa Boxer is a poet, literary critic and teacher. His work won first prize in the 2004 CBC / enRoute poetry competition. And his debut book, The Mechanical Bird, won the Canadian Authors Association Book Prize. Boxer's work has been anthologized in several publications, including The New Canon: An Anthology of Canadian Poetry and the Oxford-Poetry Broadside Series. His poems, articles and reviews have appeared in Poetry London, Arc, Books in Canada, Maisonneuve, and Canadian Notes & Queries (CNQ). A. F. Moritz A. F. Moritz's book of poems,The Sentinel, was published by House of Anansi Press in April 2008 and was a finalist for the 2008 Governor General's Award. Night Street Repairs (House of Anansi Press, 2004) won the 2005 ReLit Award for poetry, and Rest on the Flight into Egypt (Brick Books, 1999 was a finalist for the 2000 Governor General's Award in literature. His poetry has received other awards including the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Ingram Merrill Fellowship, the Award in Literature of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and the Beth Hokin Prize of Poetry magazine. His poems have appeared in four editions of the annual Best American Poetry series and in Harold Bloom's 1998 Best of the Best American Poetry, as well as in the the first edition of the Best Canadian Poetry in English annual anthology. Priscila Uppal Priscila Uppal is a Toronto writer born in Ottawa in 1974. Among her publications are five collections of poetry, including, most recently: Live Coverage (2003 and Ontological Necessities (2006; all with Exile Editions; and the novels The Divine Economy of Salvation (2002) and To Whom It May Concern (2009). Her work has been translated into several languages, and Ontological Necessities was short-listed for the prestigious 50,000 Griffin Poetry Prize. She has a PhD in English Literature and is a professor at York University. In 2010 she will release Successful Tragedies: Selected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, U.K). and Traumatology (Exile Editions).
Maureen Hynes Maureen Hynes' first poetry book, Rough Skin, received the League of Canadian Poets' Gerald Lampert Award in 1995. Her second book of poetry, Harm's Way, came out from Brick Books in 2001, and she has a new manuscript, Uncovered. In spring 2007, she won second prize in the Petra Kenney Poetry Award competition in London, England, and a set of her poems was shortlisted for the 2008 CBC Literary Awards. Maureen is poetry editor for Our Times magazine. Brian Day Brian Day is the author of three books of poetry, including the recently published Conjuring Jesus. His poems have appeared in the anthologies Seminal, Bent on Writing, and ReCreations, as well as in journals including Descant and The Malahat Review. He teaches in Toronto. Vocab Vocab first entered the poetry scene at the age of 17. Since then, she has been a member of the Ottawa Slam Team twice. Received a grant from the Ontario Arts Council to produce her first full length album, entitled the CD That's Gonna Put Me Through College. She competed at the Urban Word Youth Slam in New York City, where out of 625 competitors, she was one of the lucky 5 that went on to represent New York City at the National Youth Slam, where her team placed 3rd in the Nation. She has performed at Madison Square Garden, New York University, the legendary Nuyorican Poetry Cafe, Bowery Poetry Club and much more. Now, at the age of 22, Vocab has been performing for the past 5 years and doesn't intend on stopping anytime soon |
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