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Poems from the Crowd Series: Vallum Magazine

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Guidelines Submissions are accepted from September 15, 2024 to January 15, 2025. There is no fee to submit your work. Submission Requirements Poem: Submit one poem with a maximum length of 40 lines. Format: Please include your poem and a short poet’s bio in a single PDF document. Email Subject: …

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Going to Mars with Nikki Giovanni & Fred Moten

Florida State University

The ‘Princess of Black Poetry’ Nikki Giovanni and MacArthur Foundation Fellow Fred Moten will bring their genius to Tallahassee for two days of musing about the future of Black artistic expression and activism, including a talk from Moten, a screening of the Sundance-winning GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT …

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Self-Portrait of Translation: George McWhirter in Conversation

The Nest Festival House, 1398 Cartwright St 3rd Floor, Vancouver, British Columbia

Poet, translator, and teacher George McWhirter was Vancouver’s first Poet Laureate, and holds a startlingly impressive list of awards and honours since then, most recently as translator from Spanish of the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Winner, Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence by Mexican novelist, activist, and journalist Homero Aridjis. In conversation with author …

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2024 CBC Massey Lectures: What I Mean to Say – Ian Williams

Koerner Hall Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario

Enough small talk. Let’s get right to it: Why can’t we talk to each other anymore? What makes good communication? And how do we restore the lost art of conversation? In the 2024 CBC Massey Lectures, Giller Prize-winning novelist and poet Ian Williams wants to start a conversation about conversations. …

$25
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Hayden’s Ferry Review: Translations

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We are waiving our submission fee for Black and Indigenous writers. Please submit your translation pieces here. If you have questions concerning this policy, please email us. Translations submissions should be works translated into English from any other non-English language, and must include the original text along with the translated text. …

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