The City Imagines: Poetry of Place
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Joseph Dandurand, Laurie D. Graham and Phoebe Wang discuss their poetry, connections to the land, and how place fluctuates over time.
About this event
Join poets Joseph Dandurand (East Side of It All), ryan fitzpatrick (Coast Mountain Foot), and Laurie D. Graham (Fast Commute) in conversation about their latest collections and the intersections of place, land, generational lessons, environment, and the fluctuations that happen in these spaces over time. Moderated by poet Phoebe Wang (Waking Occupations).
About the Presenters
Joseph A. Dandurand is a member of Kwantlen First Nation located on the Fraser River about 20 minutes east of Vancouver. He resides there with his 3 children Danessa, Marlysse, and Jace. Joseph is the Director of the Kwantlen Cultural Center. He has just completed his residency as the Storyteller in Residence at the Vancouver Public Library. He has published 13 books of poetry and his children’s play: Th’owixiya: the hungry Feast dish by Playwrights Press Canada his book of short stories and short plays for children: The Sasquatch, the fire, and the cedar basket will be published by Nightwood Press along with his poetry manuscript: Here we come . He also is very busy Storytelling at many events and Schools.
Laurie D. Graham grew up in Treaty 6 territory, and she currently lives in Nogojiwanong, in the treaty and traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabeg, where she is a writer, an editor, and the publisher of Brick magazine. Her previous books are Rove and Settler Education.
ryan fitzpatrick is the author of four books of poetry, including the recently published Coast Mountain Foot (Talonbooks, 2021) and the forthcoming Sunny Ways (Invisible, 2023). You can find him in person in Toronto/Tkaronto and online at ryanfitzpatrick.ca.
Phoebe Wang is a writer and educator based in Toronto, Canada, and a first-generation Chinese-Canadian. Her debut collection of poetry, Admission Requirements was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and nominated for the Trillium Book Award. She is a poetry editor with The Fiddlehead Magazine and served as the 2021-2022 Writer-In-Residence at the University of New Brunswick.
About The Word On The Street
The Word On The Street is an annual celebration of storytelling, ideas and imagination, hosting Canada's largest FREE book and magazine festival each September and promoting great books by Canadian and Indigenous authors year-round.
