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Join us as Two Montreal poets read from their new collections and sign books: ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ by ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ by & ๐ป๐๐
๐๐ by ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ.Admission is free.
๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ:
๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซโs second book of poetry, inhabits a wider public space than his acclaimed debut ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ . In poems that extend beyond the biographical toward the political, Websterโs quiet, sharp-eyed narratorโa man โtripping / my way forward, trying to lead my own lifeโโwatches history being erased in favour of more socially palatable ideas and comforting self-portraits. Uncompromising and substantial, ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ explores our โcivic momentโ where "birds sing oblivion / estranged from all things," and meditates, in a final image-rich sequence, on our place in a science-based cosmos.
๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ (Pine Row Press) is ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ's first book. "Born out of the mysterious Georgia wetlands, the poems in Mary Dean Leeโs Tidal ring out, echoing across a far greater expanse of geography and time. Salt marshes and mud flats populate these poems as does the moon that rules all our rising and falling. But at the center is the woman reflecting on her life, raging against social injustice, swimming through grief, and flowing in the currents of romantic love. These poems are powerfully political and deeply personal.โ - Denton Loving, author of Tamp
๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ:
๐๐๐ซ๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซโs ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (2015) was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award for best first book of poems in Canada. He received an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied with Carl Phillips, and was the founding editor of Maisonneuve magazine. He lives in Montreal and Toronto.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฒโs poetry has appeared in Best Canadian Poetry 2021, Ploughshares, The Fiddlehead, and Salvation South, as well as other journals. She grew up in Milledgeville, Georgia, studied theatre and literature at Duke University and Eckerd College, and received her PhD in organizational behavior at Yale. She lives in Montreal.
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