Do you need #inspo for your creative writing? Check out this virtual deck of cards & 'Think Like an Artist'! Draw a card & get inspiration from some of Canada's best-known artists, musicians, authors, etc.

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Out today from Crooked Lane and Highbridge Audio:
A Lonesome Place for Dying by Nolan Chase

My first hardcover, first book under a pen name, first book set in Washington State.

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Today is the last day to register for the Rachel Blau DuPlessis Poetry Reading at SFU. Please join #sfuenglish & Prof. Stephen Collis in welcoming this award-winning poet to our campus. Also, enjoy some amazing poetry tomorrow over lunch!

RSVP: buff.ly/3Uzs26G.

See Professor J Leow and alumnus Isabella Wang at this event, organized by #sfuenglish postdoctoral fellow Yiwen Liu.
SFU Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

You have two chances to see engaging poet Rachel Blau DuPlessis and hear her read:
1. May 9th People's Co-op Bookstore.
2. May 10th at SFU Burnaby (AQ 6106)
Both events are free, but the SFU event includes lunch.

RSVP to attend at SFU:
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Welcome to the summer semester at #sfuenglish ! We're here to help you.
Visit us in-person: AQ 6129
Check out our website & find emails for staff & profs: buff.ly/3xVETsg
Follow us on social for news/events: FB, IG, & YouTube

Have a fantastic term!
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Catch our former writer-in-residence Carleigh Baker at this event, as she discusses her new book, 'Last Woman'.
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Thrilled to share SFU Library is the new home of 30+ years of Writers & Company, CBC Books' flagship literary program with Eleanor Wachtel.

Learn about this partnership & how we're ensuring this cultural legacy will be freely available to all listeners: lib.sfu.ca/about/branches…

Check out our story about #sfuenglish Professor J Leow on this page!

Award-winning poet Rachel Blau DuPlessis will be reading People's Co-op Bookstore on Thursday, May 9th at 7 PM. Join us for this amazing free event.

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Here's our last #poetrymonth poem from Prof. Ronda Arab. 'It's Spring and All' by William Carlos Williams. Prof. Arab says, 'I like how dirty it is and how Spring is beautiful because of the whiff of potential you can only barely perceive.”

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We welcome all #sfuenglish alumni to attend the 1st meeting of our Alumni Book Club on Thurs., May 23rd at 7 PM! Please read a very short story and enjoy some engaging conversation over tea & coffee at SFU Burnaby (AQ 6106).

Learn more/RSVP: buff.ly/3UcB89e
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Bursary applications open today! You don't need to specify the individual bursaries for which you want to apply. If you're eligible, you'll be considered for all available bursaries.

Also, you can apply for #sfuenglish prizes until Wednesday.

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Today's poem is appropriately called, 'Monday' (Lisa Robertson). Thanks, Geoffrey Nilson, for sending it in. He says, 'I like this poem because of the Gertrude Stein-like syntax, but also because Robertson aligns weather with the poem itself.'

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Many thanks to Prof. Stephen Collis for submitting this snippet from his book, 'A History of the Theories of Rain.' You can see Steve tonight (7 PM), along with Fred Wah & Mackenzie Ground at the Belzberg Library for a poetry in canada reading.
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PhD candidate Cole Mash will be defending his thesis, “‘Words Go Past There’: Reading & Pedagogy of Mediatized Spoken Word Poetry” on May 30th (10 AM) online.

To view Cole’s simplified abstract, visit:
sfu.lwcal.com/event/39956-1

To RSVP, email: [email protected]
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'You'll Never Walk Alone' is a show tune, pop song & UK football anthem. Songs are also poems. Thanks, Prof. Emeritus Paul Delany, for submitting this one for #poetrymonth . He says, 'Here's a poem about weather being sung by 95,000 people.”
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Calling all FASS grad students—make yourself heard on May 14! Learn how to connect your values to your research & future career possibilities. This is also a chance to speak to our Associate Dean on how FASS can better support grad students. Register now: at.sfu.ca/arYGnI

Please join us for this year's Greg Younging Conversation which takes place on May 8. Featured speaker Lorena Fontaine in conversation with Deanna Reder.
In-person reg link: shorturl.at/tuwEW
Virtual reg link: shorturl.at/kTW79

Congratulations to the honours students who presented at our symposium! Also, thank you to the many people who came & supported them at this event.

Pic 1 (lt-rt): Dash Marinets, Prof. Diana Solomon, Alexia Ziskos
Pic 2 (lt-rt): Dash Marinets & Prof. Peter Cramer
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