Award-Winning Poets Philip Kevin Paul And Jeramy Dodds Read At UBC Green College

VANCOUVER —Play Chthonics opens the New Year with readings by two
stellar poets: Philip Kevin Paul and Jeramy Dodds. Join us for an
evening of storyful artistry, abundant wit, and glittering
conversation. (All are welcome, but please arrive on time as seating
is limited.)

Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Graham House at Green College, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road
Cost: Free

Philip Kevin Paul is a member of the WSÁ,NEC Nation from the Saanich
Peninsula on Vancouver Island. His work has been published in BC
Studies, Literary Review of Canada, Breathing Fire: Canada’s New Poets
and An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English. Paul has
worked with the University of Victoria's linguistics department to
ensure the preservation of the SENCOTEN language.

Philip Kevin Paul’s second book of poetry, Little Hunger (2008), was
shortlisted for a 2009 Governor General’s Literary Award. His first
book of poetry, Taking the Names Down from the Hill, won the 2004
Dorothy Livesay Award for Poetry.

Jeramy Dodds lives in Orono, Ontario. His poems have been translated
into Finnish, French, Latvian, Swedish, German and Icelandic. In 2007
he held a residency at the Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators
on the island of Götland, Sweden. He is the winner of the 2006 Bronwen
Wallace Memorial Award and the 2007 CBC Literary Award in poetry. He
works as a research archaeologist. His debut poetry collection,
Crabwise to the Hounds (Coach House Books, 2008), received the 2009
Trillium Book Award for Poetry, and was shortlisted for both the 2009
Gerald Lampert Award and the 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize.

The Play Chthonics reading series showcases innovative poetry,
narrative, and cross-genre writing. We encourage creative,
interdisciplinary conversations among writers, students, faculty, and
community members in Vancouver. The series is supported by the Canada
Council and the following UBC institutions and programs: the
International Canadian Studies Centre, Green College, the Department
of English, the First Nations Studies Program, the Program for
Critical Studies in Sexuality, and the Center for Cross-Faculty
Inquiry. We gratefully acknowledge their assistance.

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