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Brick Books and Flying Books Bookstore invite you to the launch of Ronna Bloom's new book IN A RIPTIDE.Featuring guest poets Maureen Hynes and Soraya Peerbaye, double-bassist Michael Herring with poems by Ronna Bloom.
Join us for poetry, music, conviviality. and snacks! Signing to follow. Admission is free.
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About the book:
The characters in Ronna Bloom's new collection In a Riptide are tired, sick, old, fragile, baffled, worried, dying, dead, uncertain, snacking, happy, generous, preoccupied, horny, astonished, and sometimes free. Emily Dickinson and Bukowski show up in the same poem. The Buddha has a shower. And Sisyphus is released from his burdens. It's the hospital meets the circus. Here, humour, darkness, and ecstasy mingle, and the chaos doesn't stop. But there's breath in these poems. There’s life.
"A marvel." -- Souvankham Thammavongsa
About the author and performers:
RONNA BLOOM is a Toronto-based poet and educator and the author of seven books of poetry. Her work has been broadcast on CBC, recorded by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, and translated into Bangla and Chinese. Ronna has led many initiatives to bring poetry into health care settings, specifically developing the first Poet-in-Residence program at Mount Sinai Hospital/Sinai Health. Ronna's most recent book is A Possible Trust: The Poetry of Ronna Bloom, selected with an introduction by Phil Hall (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, September 2023). Find more at www.ronnabloom.com
MICHAEL HERRING is a JUNO-nominated double-bassist and composer based in Toronto. Renowned for his versatility, he seamlessly crosses genres, blending jazz with folk, world, and pop/rock influences. He leads and co-leads several innovative groups, including the Michael Herring Quartet, an ensemble inspired by 1960s jazz legends; Way North, a collaborative project exploring folk traditions through improvisation; and Peripheral Vision, a modern jazz quartet recognized with a JUNO nomination and the Galaxie Rising Star Award. Herring’s projects also include Michael Herring’s Vertigo, featuring David Binney, and groups like The Uplifters and Harrington, where he shares his lyrics and vocals.
MAUREEN HYNES lives in Dish with One Spoon territory/Toronto. She has published a memoir, Letters from China, and six poetry collections. Her most recent is Take the Compass (2023, McGill Queen’s University Press). Sotto Voce (Brick Books 2019), was a finalist for both the League of Canadian Poets’ 2020 Pat Lowther award and the Golden Crown Literary Award for lesbian writers (U.S). Her first collection¸ Harm’s Way, won the League’s Gerald Lampert Award. Her poetry has been included in over 30 anthologies, including three times in Best Canadian Poems in English, and in The Best of the Best Canadian Poetry.
SORAYA PEERBAYE'S first collection, Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (Goose Lane Editions), was nominated for the Gerald Lampert Award; her second, Tell: Poems for a Girlhood (Pedlar Press/Brick Books), was nominated for the Griffin Poetry Prize and awarded the Trillium Book Award. She currently works with the Ontario Arts Council, envisioning better futures for artists. She lives in Toronto's east end.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
784 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1C6, Canada
