Award-Winning Poets Roo Borson and Angela Rawlings Read at UBC

VANCOUVER—Step out of the windy rain and into the warmth of the Piano Lounge in the Graham House of Green College for a poetry reading by two great Canadian poets. The Play Chthonics Reading Series and the greater UBC community welcome award-winning poets Roo Borson and a.rawlings to read their work and discuss their poetics.

Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Graham House at Green College, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road
Cost: Free

a.rawlings’ first book, Wide slumber for lepidopterists (Coach House Books, 2006), documents a night in the life of Northern Ontario. rawlings co-edited Shift & Switch: New Canadian Poetry (The Mercury Press, 2005), co-organized The Lexiconjury Reading Series (2001-6), hosted Heart of a Poet (2005), and facilitates sound/text/movement workshops (2003-present). She is the recipient of the bpNichol Award for Distinction in Writing (2001) and a Chalmers Arts Fellowship (2008). rawlings is on the board of directors for the multidisciplinary performance company bluemouth inc. and frequently collaborates with improvising musicians.

Roo Borson is a poet and essayist. Her most recent book of poetry, Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida, received the Griffin Poetry Prize, the Governor General's Award, and the Pat Lowther Award. Her book of literary non-fiction, Personal History, was published in 2008. She is currently working on a new book of poetry, as well as a collaborative project with poet Kim Maltman under the pen name Baziju.

The Play Chthonics reading series showcases innovative poetry, narrative, and cross-genre writing. We encourage creative, interdisciplinary conversations among writers, students, faculty, theorists, and community members in Vancouver. The series is sponsored by The English Department, The International Canadian Studies Centre at UBC, Green College and the Canada Council. We are grateful for their support.

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