Reading in the Den
Group reading with Terry Crane, Dan Farrel, Isabell Hall, Jill Mandrake, Ed Varney and Diane Wood.
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Results filed under: Literary Arts
Reading by Gerry Gilbert
Reading of gulp; numerous numbers and other poems. Video quality is degraded from approximately 9:30 to 13:00.
Steveston, Prince George Collaboration
Marlatt reading from Steveston; and, with Gardiner, their Prince George Collaboration.
text bites & textual vishyuns: a reeding & dialog with bill bissett
Join us for a reading by renowned Canadian poet bill bissett, followed by a discussion of his work by publisher Karl Siegler and author Carl…
Gertrude Stein’s Gertrude Stein
Nancy Cole is an actress who, for several years, took on the persona of Gertrude Stein. She regularly left her Paris home for intrepid tours…
Open Reading
Readings by various local authors: Charles Watts, Corine Sawchuck, Marlene Swidzinski, Ellie, Jamil Brownson, Mia Johnson, Clemens Rettich, Andrew Czink, Greg Rose, Gretchin Perks, Annette…
Plant Land, Word Breath
Reading by George Heyman. Plant Land, Worth Breath and other poems. Digitized video available through Western Front Archives upon research request.
“Free”, “The Best Poem I Can Write at the Moment”
Free, The Best Poem I Can Write at the Moment and other poems. The Lux was packed to the rafters for this one, and they made…
Treatise on Gorgeousness
Count Fanzini reading from works written over the last eight months in Hollywood.
Pell Mell
Reading from Pell Mell, published by Coach House Press.
There are reasons for looking and feeling and thinking about things that are invisible: a two day event on New Narratives in art writing
Friday, April 4 @ 7pm | Eileen Myles and Jacob Wren Saturday, April 5 @ 2pm | Lynne Tillman and Maria Fusco Doors will open…
Kathy Goes to Haiti, Fairy Tale Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec, Raw Heat
b/w mono a Western Front Video Production “Everybody dreams in Haiti. Haiti is a land of dreams. Also the people of the island believe in…
The Gentle Animation (word/image) Show
As Nations read his stories, Amos animated them in the form of drawings that, by the end of the show, covered the entire backdrop.
Inglish; Writing With an Accent
Readings and talk sessions on writing and ethnicity, gender, racism and subjectivity. Panelists and readings by: Fred Wah, Marie Annhart Baker, Ashok Mathur, Robert Kroetsch,…
“Ode To Napoleon,” “Finnegan’s Wake Page One”
Steve McCaffery reading “Ode To Napoleon,” “Finnegan’s Wake Page One” and other poems.
Reading by Bruce Andrews
A reading as part of his two-week residency with Kootenay School of Writing. Andrews is well known as a “Language” poet, a group of North…
Flying, Riding, Standing
Reading by Lionel Kearns of poetry and presentation of images on the theme of time. Digitized video available through Western Front Archives upon research request.
Quick Verse Poetry
A Fringe Festival event. Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, further information on this project is currently unavailable.