a
series of video recordings of contemporary poets reading from their work,
prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent cancellations, shut-downs and
isolations; a reading series you can enjoy in the safety of your own protected
space,
Gil
McElroy :
from “The Julian Days”
Gil McElroy
is a writing and artist living in Colborne, Ontario. His Long Division is
due out from the University of Calgary Press this year.
Conyer
Clayton :
“Shower” from We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite (Guernica Editions, May
2020), “Only for so long,” Parentheses Journal no.8, Winter 2020
Conyer Clayton
is an Ottawa-based artist and gymnastics coach, originally from Louisville,
Kentucky. She has 6 chapbooks; most recently Trust Only the Beasts in the
Water (above/ground press, 2019). In 2018, she released a collaborative
album with Nathanael Larochette, If the river stood still. She is the
winner of Arc's 2017 Diana Brebner Prize and The Capilano Review's
2019 Robin Blaser Poetry Contest, and writes reviews for Canthius. Her
debut full-length collection of poetry, We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite
(Guernica Editions), is forthcoming May 2020.
K.I.
Press :
“Parish Boys” and “Mal aux cheveux”
K.I. Press
is a Winnipeg writer originally from northern Alberta who has also lived in
Edmonton, Ottawa, Vancouver, and Toronto. Her most recent book of poetry was Exquisite
Monsters (Turnstone Press), and her best-known book of poetry (in that she
still occasionally gets a cheque for it) is Types of Canadian Women
(Gaspereau Press). She teaches writing at Red River College
Gary
Barwin :
“Ghosts”
The
author of twenty-two books of poetry and fiction, Gary Barwin is the
author of the nationally bestselling novel, Yiddish for Pirates (Random
House) which won the Leacock Medal for Humour and the Canadian Jewish Literary
Award and was a finalist for the Governor-General’s Literary Award and the
Scotiabank Giller Prize. His poetry includes For It is a Pleasure and a
Surprise to Breathe: New and Selected Poems, ed. Alessandro Porco (Wolsak
and Wynn, 2019) and A Cemetery for Holes, a poetry collaboration with
Tom Prime (Gordon Hill, 2019), and, forthcoming, Muttertongue (a CD and
recording with Lillian Allen and Gregory Betts, Book*hug). A new novel, Nothing
the Same, Everything Haunted: The Ballad of Motl the Cowboy will appear
from Penguin Random House Canada in 2021. garybarwin.com
IAN
MARTIN :
“BIGFOOT,” “SURVIVAL OF THE REASONABLY FIT”
IAN
MARTIN
is a multidisciplinary artist who reportedly is “at it again”. IAN’s work has
appeared recently in The Wild Literary Magazine, SURFACES.cx, release
any words stuck inside you II, paintbucket.page, small poems 🍓, the DUSIE blog, G U E S T, and BAD
DOG. IAN has published four chapbooks, most recently YOU’RE GOING TO
HAVE TO KEEP THIS UP FOREVER (AngelHousePress, 2018) and PLACES TO HIDE
(Coven Editions, 2018). When not writing, IAN makes small video games and
complains online. [www.ian-martin.net]
