This Masterclass is an extraordinary double-bill, featuring two icons of contemporary Canadian poetry. Canisia Lubrin is the author of the multi-award-winning Code Noir and The World After Rain, a poetry collection epic in its vision and intimate in its exploration of grief and loss. Jillian Christmas is a spoken word poet, author of The Gospel of Breaking, and …
The Adroit Journal seeks readers in translation to join our growing team. This is a volunteer, remote position with a start date of ASAP. The monthly commitment is approximately 6-8 hours when the submissions portal is open. Readers will read, discuss, and vote on submissions of translated work, and will attend …
Working with various texts, we will find a way to erase, resist, or obscure other words to find the thread of a poem. Insertions will come into it too. We’ll play with other texts to find our own way, our own poems. We’ll read the work of Mary Ruefle and …
Burlesque Picaresque in the Rural Midwest: My Education in Poetry The lecture will address an education in poetry from outside the borders of academia, specifically that of a poet from the rural working class. Seuss will frame the discussion by considering how the literary burlesque, and the ethos of the …
Working with various texts, we will find a way to erase, resist, or obscure other words to find the thread of a poem. Insertions will come into it too. We’ll play with other texts to find our own way, our own poems. We’ll read the work of Mary Ruefle and …
The Adroit Journal seeks readers in translation to join our growing team. This is a volunteer, remote position with a start date of ASAP. The monthly commitment is approximately 6-8 hours when the submissions portal is open. Readers will read, discuss, and vote on submissions of translated work, and will attend …