Master Class with Titilope Sonuga

Edmonton Poetry Festival

Join Edmonton's Poet Laureate Titilope for an intensive masterclass.

Latitude 53

Edmonton Poetry Festival 2022

Edmonton Poetry Festival is back with a schedule of great events featuring a roster of wonderful poets, authors, performers, and hosts.

Tenderness with Titilope SonugaBring me your life rafts, a song in the storm, a word like an oasis in the desert. What keeps your heart soft and sends the blood rushing to your cheeks? Let’s build a cathedral of tenderness here, a place to name what was lost and honour what refuses to die. In this masterclass we are digging through the rubble and pulling into the light poems that keep our hearts soft. In a series of writing, reading and listening exercises, we will explore how art can offer refuge and peace in tumultuous times.Hosted by: Alice Major.**THERE IS LIMITED SPACE FOR THIS CLASS - PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR SPOT IN THIS CLASS BY BOOKING A TICKET***Please note that masks are mandatory while attending events at this venue.*-----Titilope Sonuga is a writer, poet, playwright and performer whose work grasps moments of tenderness and persistent joy at the intersection of blackness and womanhood. She is the author of three award-winning collections of poetry, Down to Earth (2011), Abscess (2014), and This Is How We Disappear (2019) and has composed and released two spoken word albums, Mother Tongue (2011) and Swim (2019). Sonuga has written three plays, The Six; an intergenerational exploration of womanhood, Naked; a one-woman play and Ada The Country, a musical. She has scripted global advertising campaigns for brands including; The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Google, Intel Corporation, Guaranty Trust Bank and The MacArthur Foundation.Her writing has been translated into Italian, German and Slovak. Sonuga is the 9th Poet Laureate of the City of Edmonton. Find her online on <a href="https://twitter.com/deartitilope" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/titilope/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> or on her <a href="https://titilope.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">website</a>. Alice Major, Edmonton’s first poet laureate, has published 11 books of poetry and essays, many of which explore her long-standing interest in the sciences. She is the recipient of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta 2017 Distinguished Artist Award. Her most recent publications with UAP are Standard candles and Intersecting Sets: A Poet Looks at Science. You can find her online at <a href="https://www.alicemajor.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">her website</a>.

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