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SFU English presents Rodrigo Toscano and Tiziana La Melia (Emily Carr sessional instructor), who will be giving a poetry reading on Thursday, September 12th (7-9 PM) at The People’s Co-op Bookstore. This is a free event - no RSVP required.

Description:

Rodrigo Toscano will be reading from his three latest books, The Cut Point (Counterpath Press, 2023), The Charm & The Dread (Fence Books, 2022), and WHITMAN.CANNONBALL.PUEBLA (forthcoming 2025).

Bio:

Rodrigo Toscano is the author of 11 books of poetry. His latest books are The Cut Point (Counterpath Press, 2023), The Charm & The Dread (Fence Books, 2022). Forthcoming is WHITMAN. CANNONBALL. PUEBLA. (2025). His Collapsible Poetics Theater was a National Poetry Series selection. His poetry has appeared in over 20 anthologies, including Best American Poetry (2023, 2004) and Best American Experimental Poetry (BAX). Toscano received a New York State Fellowship in Poetry. He won the Edwin Markham Prize in 2019 for poetry. He also received an Honorable Mention for the 2023 International Latino Literary Awards. His poetry has been translated into French, Dutch, Italian, German, Portuguese, Norwegian, and Catalan. He works for the Labor Institute in conjunction the National Institute for Environmental Health Science. rodrigotoscano.com @Toscano200

Tiziana La Melia (b. Palermo, IT) was raised on an orchard-garden on Syilx/Okanagan territories, and lives as a guest on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ / Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. In her writing and art practice Tiziana gleans the detritus of the everyday and transmutes it into material textures, and iterative shapes and symbols, which move through layers of diasporic time. Recent exhibitions include Bad Water, Knoxville (2024); The Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops (2024); Galerie Anne Barrault, Paris (2024); Damien and the Love Guru, with Alison Yip, Zurich (2023); Unit 17, Vancouver, 2021; Mecenes du Sud, Montpellier (2021). Tiziana is the author of lettuce lettuce please go bad (Talonbooks, 2024), The Eyelash and the Monochrome (Talonbooks, 2018), and the poetry album Kletic Kink with Ellis Sam (Tenderly, 2022). They received national recognition for her work by winning the RBC Painting Competition in 2014 and is a sessional instructor at Emily Carr University.

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Date: First Thursday of every month.

Time: 2 sessions. 18 spots available at each session. First come, first served. 7 - 8 pm & 8 - 9 pm

Location: 3934 Main St.

Details: No Cost. Everyone welcome. Tea, cookies, paper, typewriters & encouragemen

Volunteers Needed - Great Outdoors Comedy Festival at Brockton Cricket Field Stanley Park Sept 13-15. Approx 5 hour shifts, see the show, get swag - info & sign up here: https://greatoutdoorscomedyfestival.com/join-the-team/

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Opening Sat Sep 7th 2-4pm Lipont Gallery, 4211 No. 3 Road (Aberdeen Station). Featuring recent paintings by Surrey-based artist Lion Nie. Sep 7-26 M-F 10-5, Tue 10-8. free admission. https://www.lipontgallery.ca/