Lecture Me! Resources for Survival in Black Women's Writing

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Attend free monthly lectures by UTM faculty members as they highlight their research in a fun and approachable way.

Hazel McCallion Central Library

Lecture Me!

Come and learn something new! A lecture series featuring professors from multiple disciplines. Open to both residents and non-residents. In partnership with the University of Toronto Mississauga Experiential Education Unit.

"Poetry is Not a Luxury": Resources for Survival in Black Women's Writing with Professor Anna Thomas from the Department of English &amp; DramaIn this talk, Professor Anna Thomas will explore how Black women writers have turned to poetry to navigate both chronic and critical difficulties in life.With a particular focus on Audre Lorde, whose essay 'Poetry is Not a Luxury' inspires the title of this talk, Professor Thomas will share how poetry enables the exploration of the self and the other, the individual and society, and between 'feeling,' and 'reason.'Learn how close reading - a methodology for critically engaging texts central to literary studies - can attune us to ever-expanding meaning, can reward re-reading, and can help us navigate our own everyday conditions of life.Can't attend the program in person? Attend via live stream. A link will be sent to all registrants before the program.

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