Afro-Caribbean Perspectives: A Conversation with George Elliott Clarke and Kirwyn Sutherland
Where:
When:
- Thursday March 23rd 2023, 6:00pm to 7:30pm
In collaboration with Blue Stoop, this event will be moderated by local poet and educator Warren Longmire. Event begins at 6:00 P.M. and will take place in Room 108 of the Parkway Central Library. Please enter via the Wood Street entrance behind the library. Please register for this free event at https://freelibraryandbluestoop.eventbrite.com.
About the Poets:
George Elliott Clarke is the 4th Poet Laureate of Toronto (2012-15) and the 7th Parliamentary/Canadian Poet Laureate (2016-17), George Elliott Clarke was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1960. A professor of English at the University of Toronto, Clarke has also taught at Duke, McGill, UBC, and Harvard.
Kirwyn Sutherland is a Clinical Research Professional and poet who makes poems centering the black experience in America. He is a Watering Hole fellow and has attended workshops/residencies at Cave Canem, Winter Tangerine, Poets House, Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, and Pearlstein Art Gallery at Drexel University.
About the Poets:
George Elliott Clarke is the 4th Poet Laureate of Toronto (2012-15) and the 7th Parliamentary/Canadian Poet Laureate (2016-17), George Elliott Clarke was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1960. A professor of English at the University of Toronto, Clarke has also taught at Duke, McGill, UBC, and Harvard.
Kirwyn Sutherland is a Clinical Research Professional and poet who makes poems centering the black experience in America. He is a Watering Hole fellow and has attended workshops/residencies at Cave Canem, Winter Tangerine, Poets House, Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, and Pearlstein Art Gallery at Drexel University.
