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Box last night, Crozier tonight
Submitted by lcoady on November 1, 2007 - 11:20am
I'm still new to Toronto, so I'm trying to do as many Toronto-y things as possible. I experienced my first of Louise Bak's quarterly Box Salons last night, on all hallows eve, at the Rivoli. What a good idea this is--a mish mash of music, video, literary readings, performance poetry. I particularly enjoyed the poetry, by Moheb Soliman. It reminded me of a reading I attended at the March Hare in Newfoundland, by Irish poet Paul Durcan. Very different kind of writer, but Durcan's a bit of a perf-poet himself--that is, he didn't read from his work, he recited it, brilliantly, expressively. This sort of experience, when it works, makes me think maybe all poets should be performance poets, to an extent. When it's good, it's pretty electrifying.
Also got to hear Sean Dixon, dressed as Freddy Kruger (I think) read from his novel: The Girls Who Saw Everything
Lorna Crozier is reading tonight. I scammed the info below off the Patchy Squirrel listserve. You too can scam info if you click here: http://www.patchysquirrel.ca. All you have to do is give the fuzzy little frigger a nut, and he's all yours.
CANADIAN WRITERS IN PERSON
Thursday, November 1, 7 p.m.
York University
206 Accolade West Building, 4700 Keele St Free, and open to all!
Lorna Crozier reads from her selected poetry, Before the First Word (Wilfrid Laurier UP), and answers questions.
Contact: sjcain@yorku.ca
