Phinder Dulai class visit and readings
Events Phinder Dulai, author of dream / arteries, which explores the history of the Komagata Maru and its passengers, will visit the University of Calgary and Pages in Kensington. All events are free and open to the public. March 12th at 3:00 pm: Judith Sloman Reading Room SS1114, Department of English, University of Calgary March…
GERRY SHIKATANI: Garden Collecting: A post vanguardist for today
TIA House, SOCIAL SCIENCES TOWER 1059 527 Campus Pl NW, Calgary, AB, CanadaYou are invited to join The Insurgent Architects’ House for Creative Writing and the Creative Writing Research Group for a talk and reading by the renowned poet, artist and food writer Gerry Shikatani. Shikatani will read from recent work and talk about Lorca’s Granada, a retreat he directs in Spain. About Gerry Shikatani: A second…
Emergent Insurgencies: Social Justice and Contemporary Form
TIA House, SOCIAL SCIENCES TOWER 1059 527 Campus Pl NW, Calgary, AB, CanadaFeaturing: Dina Al-Kassim, Liz Howard, Patti LaBoucane-Benson, Cheryl Foggo, Aritha Van Herk, Christian Bok, Clem Martini, Bruce Barton, Nikki Sheppy Organized by: Larissa Lai and Colin Martin In collaboration with and in support of: Free Exchange Graduate conference Program: Friday March 4, 2016 9:30-10:30am: Welcome and Opening Remarks 10:00am-12:00pm: Visiting Speakers: Dina Al-Kassim, Liz Howard,…
Fred Wah reading
TIA House, SOCIAL SCIENCES TOWER 1059 527 Campus Pl NW, Calgary, AB, CanadaA TIA House Reading: Fred Wah Reading will take place in SS1153 (Social Sciences Tower). Fred Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1939 and grew up in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. He presently lives in Vancouver. His book of prose-poems, Waiting For Saskatchewan, received the Governor-General’s Award in 1986 and…
jam ismail reading: translit for language critturs
TIA House, SOCIAL SCIENCES TOWER 1059 527 Campus Pl NW, Calgary, AB, Canadajam ismail: translit for language critturs writer, poet and language-hobbyist jam ismail was born in the british crown colony of hong kong, 1940. contexts past & present include: qu'ran, queer optimism (hongkong); ezra pound, sacred texts of the east (edmonton); maria campbell, lee maracle, jeannette armstrong (vancouver); henry corbin, amina wadud (london); gayatari mantram (bangalore)…
Billy-Ray Belcourt reads at TIA House
TIA House, SOCIAL SCIENCES TOWER 1059 527 Campus Pl NW, Calgary, AB, CanadaBilly-Ray Belcourt reads at TIA House! Billy-Ray Belcourt is from the Driftpile Cree Nation. He is a Ph.D. student in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. He is a 2016 Rhodes Scholar and holds a M. St. in Women’s Studies from the University of Oxford. In 2016, he was…
Erin Soros Talk
TIA House, SOCIAL SCIENCES TOWER 1059 527 Campus Pl NW, Calgary, AB, Canada“Eyes, Birds, Walnuts, Pennies”: Trauma and Testimony "The phone rings, and no one speaks. All you hear is someone breathing. It happens again, and again—then there are the e-mails, the innuendoes just skirting the explicit. Or the phone rings and this time he says what he will do. There are gifts too, left on the…
An Afternoon with Arielle Twist
TIA House, SOCIAL SCIENCES TOWER 1059 527 Campus Pl NW, Calgary, AB, CanadaUPDATE: Arielle Twist was unable to make it for her scheduled talk, due to flight cancellations. We thought we might be able to reschedule for this afternoon (March 14th), but we've not been able to make it work. Sorry to disappoint! But you can still catch Arielle tonight at Shelf Life Books, 7pm. See you…
Producing FLOW: A Conversation Between Roy Miki and Mike Barnholden
TIA House, SOCIAL SCIENCES TOWER 1059 527 Campus Pl NW, Calgary, AB, CanadaNext week we welcome Roy Miki and Mike Barnholden who will discuss their own work and collaborative practice. Please join us in TIA House (SS1059) at 2:30, October 15th to participate in the conversation. Roy Miki grew up in Winnipeg and moved to Vancouver in 1967. He has published widely on Asian Canadian writing, Canadian…
kHarLaMoV’s aNkLe, a utopian fantasy: robert majzels reads at TIA House
TIA House, SOCIAL SCIENCES TOWER 1059 527 Campus Pl NW, Calgary, AB, CanadaOn kHarLaMoV’s aNkLe, a utopian fantasy: we were kHarLaMoV’s aNkLe we served the occasional need. for violence because protest is tolerated so long as it does not disturb the daily commute hang on while i make another buck mean. while mornings the hackademics retweet a friend’s progressive cAt. video hit the treadmill for a five…
TIA House Presents A Talk With Kazim Ali
TIA House, SOCIAL SCIENCES TOWER 1059 527 Campus Pl NW, Calgary, AB, CanadaThe Insurgents’ Architects’ House For Creative Writing Presents: Kazim Ali November 3. 12:00-1:30 Kazim Ali was born in the United Kingdom and has lived transnationally in the United States, Canada, India, France, and the Middle East. His books encompass multiple genres, including several volumes of poetry, novels, and translations. He is currently a Professor of…