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Canisia Lubrin returns with a mesmerizing new coll

Canisia Lubrin returns with a mesmerizing new collection, the follow-up to her breakout book, Voodoo Hypothesis. The Dyzgraphxst presents seven inquiries into selfhood through the perennial figure Jejune. Polyvocal in register, the book moves to mine meanings of kinship through the wide and intimate reach of language across geographies and generations. Against the contemporary backdrop of intensified capitalist fascism, toxic nationalism, and climate disaster, the figure Jejune asks, how have I come to make home out of unrecognizability. Marked by and through diasporic life, Jejune declares, I was not myself. I am not myself. My self resembles something having nothing to do with me.⠀
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Be sure to check out your local independent bookstore for a copy! @canisia.lubrin @mcclellandstewart #vwf2020 #canisialubrin #thedyzgraphxst

For poetry fans, hearing readings from poets at th

For poetry fans, hearing readings from poets at the height of their talent is a reminder of the power of the form; for newcomers to poetry, talented lyricists can open a world of possibility with syntax and rhythm. Hear from three of Canada’s finest poets as they each read from their work before engaging in a collective conversation about craft. Nancy Lee is author of the poetry collection What Hurts Going Down and two works of fiction, The Age and Dead Girls, which have won and been nominated for multiple awards. Canisia Lubrin’s Voodoo Hypothesis was named a CBC Best Poetry Book and has captured minds across the continent. John Elizabeth Stintzi’s poems have been awarded the 2019 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers and the Long Poem Prize from The Malahat Review. Their recent collection, Junebat, is already one of the hottest books of 2020. Panel moderated by Shazia Hafiz Ramji, author of "Port of Being".⠀
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Don’t miss out on the last event of our 2020 Festival Season TOMORROW at 6pm PT. Tickets on sale now on our Showpass Box Office at http://bit.ly/VWFboxoffice!⠀
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This event is presented in collaboration with the Vancouver Poetry House.⠀
#vwf2020 @canisia.lubrin @johnstintzi @shazzyhr #nancylee #whathurtsgoingdown #canisialubrin #thedyzgraphxst #johnelizabethstintzi #junebat #shaziahafizramji #penguinrandomca #mclellandstewart #arsenalpulp

SHAZIA HAFIZ RAMJI’s writing has appeared in Bes

SHAZIA HAFIZ RAMJI’s writing has appeared in Best Canadian Poetry 2019, Maisonneuve, and Gutter: the magazine of new Scottish and international writing. She was named as a “writer to watch” by the CBC and her poetry and prose have been nominated for the 2020 Pushcart Prizes. She is the author of Port of Being, a finalist for the 2019 Vancouver Book Award, the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, and winner of the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry.⠀
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Tune in on Tuesday, November 24 to listen to her moderate a discussion between Nancy Lee, John Elizabeth Stintzi, and Canisia Lubrin in the FINAL event of our 2020 Festival season. Tickets on sale now on our Showpass Box Office at http://bit.ly/VWFboxoffice! @shazzyhr
#vwf2020 #shaziahafizramji

Award-winning novelist Nancy Lee’s latest collec

Award-winning novelist Nancy Lee’s latest collection of poetry is a searing exploration of girlhood pre- and post- the #MeToo movement. These poems confront how socially ingrained violence and sexual power dynamics distort and dislocate girlhood, womanhood, and relationships. Startling and visceral, What Hurts Going Down deconstructs a lifetime of survival and scrutinizes the changing realities of being female.⠀
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Be sure to check out your local independent bookstore for a copy! #vwf2020 @penguinrandomca @mcclellandstewart #nancylee #whathurtsgoingdown

JOHN ELIZABETH STINTZI is a non-binary writer who

JOHN ELIZABETH STINTZI is a non-binary writer who was raised on a cattle farm in northwestern Ontario. They are the author of two previous chapbooks of poetry, and their poems have been awarded the 2019 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers and the Long Poem Prize from The Malahat Review.⠀
Presented thanks to the support of RBC.⠀
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This fall, they present their newest poetry collection, JUNEBAT, at the Vancouver Writers Fest. Tune in on Tuesday, November 24 to listen to them speak alongside Nancy Lee and Canisia Lubrin in conversation with Shazia Hafiz Ramji. Tickets on sale now on our Showpass Box Office at http://bit.ly/VWFboxoffice!⠀
@johnstintzi @arsenalpulp #vwf2020 #johnelizabethstintzi #junebat

An unforgettable poetry collection by rising star

An unforgettable poetry collection by rising star John Elizabeth Stintzi, Junebat grapples with the pain of uncertainty and the power of becoming. Set in a time of deep isolation in New Jersey, Junebat maps a struggle against depression as Stintzi questions and comes to grips with their gender identity. Challenging, heartbreaking, and wonderfully new, Junebat demolishes walls and shows that identity can flourish with possibility and continual metamorphosis, instead of being limited by confusion and contradiction.⠀
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Be sure to check out your local independent bookstore for a copy! @johnstintzi @arsenalpulp #vwf2020 #johnelizabethstintzi #junebat

CANISIA LUBRIN is a writer, critic, editor and tea

CANISIA LUBRIN is a writer, critic, editor and teacher whose most recent book is The Dyzgrapxst (McClelland & Stewart, 2020) as seen in The New York Times, Quill & Quire, Jewish Currents, Humber Literary Review and elsewhere. Lubrin’s international publications include translations of her work into Spanish, Italian, French and German. Her writing has been recognized by, among others, the Toronto Book Award, Journey Prize, Gerald Lampert, Pat Lowther, and the Writers Trust. Her debut, Voodoo Hypothesis (Wolsak & Wynn, 2017), was named a CBC Best Book and her writing has appeared and is forthcoming in Room, Brick, Joyland, Poetry London, http://Poets.org, http://blackiris.co, and elsewhere. Lubrin’s debut collection of short fiction is forthcoming. She has an MFA from the University of Guelph.⠀
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This fall, she presents her newest poetry collection, THE DYZGRAPHXST, at the Vancouver Writers Fest. Tune in on Tuesday, November 24 to listen to them speak alongside Nancy Lee and John Elizabeth Stintzi in conversation with Shazia Hafiz Ramji. Tickets on sale now on our Showpass Box Office at http://bit.ly/VWFboxoffice!⠀
@canisia.lubrin @mcclellandstewart #vwf2020 #canisialubrin #thedyzgraphxst #mcclellandstewart

For poetry fans, hearing readings from poets at th

For poetry fans, hearing readings from poets at the height of their talent is a reminder of the power of the form; for newcomers to poetry, talented lyricists can open a world of possibility with syntax and rhythm. Hear from three of Canada’s finest poets as they each read from their work before engaging in a collective conversation about craft. Nancy Lee is author of the poetry collection What Hurts Going Down and two works of fiction, The Age and Dead Girls, which have won and been nominated for multiple awards. Canisia Lubrin’s Voodoo Hypothesis was named a CBC Best Poetry Book and has captured minds across the continent. John Elizabeth Stintzi’s poems have been awarded the 2019 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers and the Long Poem Prize from The Malahat Review. Their recent collection, Junebat, is already one of the hottest books of 2020. Don't miss out on this exciting event moderated by Shazi Hafiz Ramji. Tickets on sale now on our Showpass Box Office at http://bit.ly/VWFboxoffice!⠀
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This event is presented in collaboration with the Vancouver Poetry House. @canisia.lubrin @mcclellandstewart @johnstintzi @arsenalpulp @penguinrandomca #vwf2020 #nancylee #whathurtsgoingdown #canisialubrin #thedyzgraphxst #johnelizabethstintzi #junebat

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