Gwen Benaway's guest appearances

Gwen Benaway

Koffler Centre of the Arts

The Poetry Vlog (TPV): A Poetry, Arts, & Social Justice Teaching Channel

Wesley Morris

Tracy K. Smith

Janelle Monae

Abby Stein

Jericho Brown

Wallace Stevens

Fatimah Asghar

Morgan Parker

Diana Khoi Nguyen

Anne Carson

Audre Lorde

Somaiya Daud

Ariana Reines

Nicole Krauss

Nikki Giovanni

OwlTail

Sarah Dowling

FLASH

This flash briefing continues our week of featuring Sarah Dowling as she reads Gwen Benaway's poem, "Root," which can be found in Gwen's book-length collection, "Holy Wild." Stay tuned for Sarah performing readings all week plus a longer episode closer to the weekend! And as always, let me know what you think by subscribing and rating this podcast in Apple, Spotify, etc. More on Sarah -- Sarah Dowling is the author of Translingual Poetics: Writing Personhood under Settler Colonialism, and two books of poetry, DOWN and Security Posture. Sarah teaches in the Centre for Comparative Literature and Victoria College at the University of Toronto. ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts &amp; scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com).

This flash briefing continues our week of featuring Sarah Dowling as she reads Gwen Benaway's poem, "Root," which can be found in Gwen's book-length collection, "Holy Wild." Stay tuned for Sarah performing readings all week plus a longer episode closer to the weekend! And as always, let me know what you think by subscribing and rating this podcast in Apple, Spotify, etc. More on Sarah -- Sarah Dowling is the author of Translingual Poetics: Writing Personhood under Settler Colonialism, and two books of poetry, DOWN and Security Posture. Sarah teaches in the Centre for Comparative Literature and Victoria College at the University of Toronto. ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts &amp; scholarship community (<a href="http://youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1</a>). Connect with us on Instagram (<a href="http://instagram.com/thepoetryvlog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thepoetryvlog</a>), Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/thepoetryvlog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/thepoetryvlog</a>), Facebook (<a href="http://facebook.com/thepoetryvlog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/thepoetryvlog</a>), and our website (<a href="https://www.thepoetryvlog.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thepoetryvlog.com</a>).

Flash Briefing: Sarah Dowling Reads Gwen Benaway's "Root"

Katherena Vermette

Gwen Benaway &amp; Katherena Vermette | Wednesday, April 18, 2018 The Koffler Centre of the Arts and Ben McNally Books are thrilled to present Anishinaabe and Métis poet Gwen Benaway, in conversation with Métis writer and artist Katherena Vermette. A trans girl poet described as “the spiritual love child of Tomson Highway and Anne Sexton,” Gwen Benaway has published two collections of poetry, Ceremonies for the Dead and Passage. Katherena Vermette is the award-winning, bestselling author of North End Love Songs and The Break. Vermette’s most recent book, Pemmican Wars – a sci-fi graphic novel that follows a 13-year-old girl who discovers her Métis history through time travel – is the first volume in the young adult series A Girl Called Echo. kofflerarts.org | koffler.digital

Gwen Benaway &amp; Katherena Vermette | Wednesday, April 18, 2018 The Koffler Centre of the Arts and Ben McNally Books are thrilled to present Anishinaabe and Métis poet Gwen Benaway, in conversation with Métis writer and artist Katherena Vermette. A trans girl poet described as “the spiritual love child of Tomson Highway and Anne Sexton,” Gwen Benaway has published two collections of poetry, Ceremonies for the Dead and Passage. Katherena Vermette is the award-winning, bestselling author of North End Love Songs and The Break. Vermette’s most recent book, Pemmican Wars – a sci-fi graphic novel that follows a 13-year-old girl who discovers her Métis history through time travel – is the first volume in the young adult series A Girl Called Echo. <a href="http://kofflerarts.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kofflerarts.org</a> | koffler.digital

Gwen Benaway & Katherena Vermette