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April 2012- Archives

Poetry Month Q&A: Tanya Davis

With over 4 million YouTube hits, Halifax's Poet Laureate is living proof of how the Internet can bring poetry what it needs most: an audience....

Poetry Month Q&A: Fred Wah

Canada's current Poet Laureate on the importance of "finding a poetry that talks back to history."  ...

Poetry Month Q&A: Evelyn Lau

Vancouver's Poet Laureate on her mission to validate emerging writers, and the five Canadian poets who inspire her right now....

Shyam Selvadurai vs. Robert Hough: Write what you know/Write what you don't

We've teamed up with The Next Chapter to present The Canada Writes Literary Smackdowns, an essay series in which authors sound off on various writing topics. No writers were injured in the making of this series.Battle Seven: Is it better to write what you know, or to write outside your own experience? Shyam Selvadurai...

Where I write: Jenny Sampirisi

In honour of National Poetry Month, we're taking a look at where Toronto poet Jenny Sampirisi puts words to page every day, and the poem she always reads before she starts....

Where I write: Susan Glickman (photo gallery)

For National Poetry Month, we're looking at the inspiration that Canadian poets glean from their workspaces. First up: award-winning poet Susan Glickman and the item that makes up for chocolate... well, almost....

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