OpenWord @OpenWordYYJ
Open Word brings together language, ideas, and politics. openspace.ca Victoria, British Columbia Joined August 2016-
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From Carolyn Forché's collection The Country Between Us. #Fascism #Politics #Poetry #Poem #Flamenco #ElSalvador #Democracy @carolynforche
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Let’s go back to that. —Naomi Shihab Nye poets.org/poetsorg/poem/…
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Teachers, find poems in Spanish (& their English translations) for #HispanicHeritageMonth: poets.org/poetsorg/text/…
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There is a tender and decomposing disaster in the final hours of this day —Francisca Aguirre poets.org/poetsorg/poem/…
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50 years of Malahat! Celebrate our 200th issue, coming in Oct. Full table of contents malahatreview.ca/issues/200.html @uvic_finearts @UVicHumanities
Tickets for Victoria Festival of Authors are selling like hot cakes: poetry, CNF, fiction. victoriafestivalofauthors.ca #yyj #yyjarts #VictoriaBC
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Olé to this masterful poem by the late Nobel laureate Tomas Tranströmer (trans. Robert Bly.)
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Guess what? @BelfryTheatre is looking for a Development Coordinator! Sound #interesting? Learn more here ow.ly/cxaT30fpGjp #jobopening
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Hey @OpenWordYYJ and @MunrosBooks fans! Great time to support our local Victoria authors community! #yyj #yyjevents
Denis Johnson has passed away. npr.org/sections/thetw…
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Denis Johnson passed away Thursday at the age of 67. We are deeply saddened by this loss and are honored to have published his work.
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Want to go in on an award for Emerging Indigenous Voices? igg.me/p/emerging-ind…
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#todayspoem First Flowers by Hoa Nguyen (@peacehearty) from Violet Energy Ingots (2016 @WavePoetry) bit.ly/2pnRfR0
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Congrats to @UVicWriting alum @aliblyther for a #DayneOgilvie nomination from @writerstrust ! #UVic #YYJ CC: @uvic_finearts
Read #DayneOgilvie excerpts @AliBlyther: bit.ly/2rqyBcy #EvaCrocker: bit.ly/2rqAg1T #KaiChengThom: bit.ly/2rqFFpL
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The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced finalists for this year's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers. stjo.es/2qRzwGR
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Excerpt: Poems from 2017 #DayneOgilvie finalist @AliBlyther's Twoism: bit.ly/2rqyBcy #canlit #cdnpoetry #canqueer #LGBTQ #LGBT
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Past winner @LeahHorlick hosts our 2017 #DayneOgilvie ceremony in Vancouver June 3 🎉 RSVP by May 26 bit.ly/2rqRfBg #LGBTQ #canqueer
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Excerpt: Read from 2017 #DayneOgilvie finalist #KaiChengThom's A Place Called No Homeland bit.ly/2rqFFpL #canlit #canqueer #LGBTQ
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