BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250311T140347EDT-05126Nejr0@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250311T180347Z DESCRIPTION: \n\nIn the spirit of conversation and collaborative thinking\,  Poetry Matters is pleased to host a free event\, April 18-19\, at ϲ University’s Thomson House (space accessible) on the topic of poetic atten tion\, leading from the work of Lucy Alford (Forms of Poetic Attention\, C olumbia UP\, 2020). Bringing together academic and poetic communities\, th e event explores the enigmatic concept of “poetic attention.” From differe nt standpoints\, we consider what this idea might mean and achieve in our days of the attention economy.\n\nAll are welcome! For further specifics o n the program\, please stay tuned on our website and FB page (scroll down for more detail). Click here to register.\n\nSegments on Friday\, April 19  will include\n ==a panel discussion on poetic attention with Poetry Matter s and ϲ’s Laboratory for Attention and Social Cognition\;\n ==a keynot e lecture from Sarah Wylie Krotz\, Director of the Centre for Literatures in Canada at the University of Alberta\, On slowness and symbiosis: follow ing lichens\;\n ==readings from poets Louise Dupré\, Joel A. Harris\, Lee K athryn Hodge\, Chad Norman\, and Derek Webster\n ==work from Montréal-based visual artist Kevin Jenne\n == workshops in creative practice and attentio n\;\n \n Louise Dupré\, born in Québec\, has published more than twenty book s\, which have received many awards and been translated into several langu ages. Her books Plus haut que les flammes (Beyond the flames) and La main hantée (The Haunted Hand) received the Governor General’s Award. Dupré is a member of the Academy of Letters of Quebec and of The Royal Society of C anada\, and in 2014 was appointed to the Order of Canada for her contribut ions to Quebec literature as a poet\, novelist\, playwright\, essayist\, a nd professor.\n\nTrinidadian poet and artist Joel Anthony Harris was recen tly shortlisted for Into the Void’s Poetry Prize. Harris’ work has appeare d in publications such as The Heavy Feather Review\, PRISM\, the Berkeley Poetry Review\, and Anthropocene. He has also contributed to two books\, T he Alpha Barrier of North South Dialogue and The Twilight of America's Omn ipresence.\n\nLee Kathryn Hodge is visual artist and writer whose work has appeared in Granta\, Black Warrior Review\, Thrush\, Heavy Feather Review \, Euphony\, Heartwood\, The William & Mary Review\, Oberon\, Clinch Mount ain\, After Hours\, Mouth and The Tulane Review. She has received support from the de Kooning Foundation\, the Ragdale Colony\, the Wisconsin Fellow ship of Poets\, and Luminarts where she was named a 2023 Creative Writing Fellow. Her second chapbook We Make Shapes From Shapes is available from B ent Paddle Press.\n\nKevin Jenne has exhibited paintings across Canada and internationally at sites such as New York\, Chicago\, and Bejing\, and de veloped work for a number of charitable organizations in Montréal\, includ ing the Montréal Children’s Hospital\, the Cummings Centre\, and Art for H ealing.\n\nChad Norman lives and writes in Truro\, Nova Scotia. In 1992 he was awarded the Gwendolyn MacEwen Memorial Award for Poetry. His poetry h as appeared in journals\, magazines\, and anthologies around the world\, a nd his new book\, Parental Forest\, will appear in Spring 2024 (AOS Publis hing Montreal). Norman’s poem\, “The Shoulds” will be included in the Luna r Vagabond Collection\, part of a time capsule scheduled for a Lunar Codex lift-off to the moon this coming November.\n\nDerek Webster’s new collect ion of poems\, National Animal will be published by Signal Editions (Véhic ule Press)\, April 2024. Mockingbird (2015) was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award for best first book of poems in Canada. Webster received an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis\, and is the founding editor o f Maisonneuve magazine. He lives in Montréal and Toronto.\n\nWe look forwa rd to seeing you!\n\n\nPoetry Matters\n\n/poetrymatte rs/\n Click here to register.\n We can be reached at pm.mcgill [at] mcgill.c a\n\n\nPoetry Matters at ϲ University works on unceded land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples\ , including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We honour their lon gstanding stewardship of the lands and waters on which we gather\, and we  respect the continued connections with the past\, present and future in ou r ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within the commu nity of Tiohtià:ke (Montréal).\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240419 LOCATION:Thomson House\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1Y2\, 3650 rue McTavish SUMMARY:Poetic Attention URL:/poetrymatters/channels/event/poetic-attention-356 596 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR