If Hope Disorders Words: Dennis Lee Reprised

FRIDAY, JULY 10TH 2009 - 7:00pm

The Walmer Centre
188 Lowther Avenue

Cost: $40 for dinner plus reading
$15 for reading only

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One of Canada’s foremost literary talents revisits his classic, Governor General’s Award-winning Civil Elegies, alongside the recent, visionary poetry of Un and yesno. The City of Toronto Archives provides the setting for this year’s prestigious Book-Length Dinner Reading, as Dennis Lee looks to his storied past and plots a course for poetry’s future. Civil Elegies (1968) is widely regarded as a seminal work of Canadian literature, a mix of trenchant politics, everyday civic life and the joy of language. Un (2003) and yesno (2007) are scathing political commentaries told in dissolving and dissolute language, avant-garde treatises that mark a daring departure from his earlier works while reinvesting in his consummate musicality.

Tickets are available online here, or any Type Books. A three-course dinner will be provided by Juniper Catering, with vegetarian options available.

The book-length dinner is one of The Scream Literary Festival’s most prized annual traditions, having featured such luminary authors as Christian Bök, Dionne Brand, Christopher Dewdney, Sheila Heti, Lisa Robertson and Gerry Shikatani.

Sponsored by Open Book Toronto