Missed a past meeting or want to learn more about recent research in global poetries? Below you'll find recordings of our conversations.
With thanks to Pascale Théorêt-Groulx for video production and audio recordings on this site.
Faith Paré Reads
Speaker: Faith Paré
19 May 2023, 2-3:30pm
Recordings:
Poetry Matters - Faith Paré - May 19 2023 - part 1
Poetry Matters - Faith Paré - May 19 2023 - part 2
What Do You Mean?: The Syntax of Analogy and the Language of Thought
Speaker: Hillary Muller
Guest readers: Jerome Ramcharitar and James Dunnigan
19 January 2023, 4:30-6pm
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Textures of Hope, Libraries of the Mind
Readers: Sarah Wolfson and Kasia van Schaik
16 November 2022, 4-5 PM
Video recording:
Climate, War & Oysters
Readers: Gary Geddes
26 October 2022, 3:30-5:30 PM
Recordings:
Poetry Matters - Gary Geddes - Oct. 26, 2022 - part 1
Poetry Matters - Gary Geddes - Oct. 26, 2022 - part 2
Articulating the Body: Ekphrasis in the Maude Abbott Medical Museum
Educator: Shane Neilson
10 March 2022, 5-7 PM
Video recording:
A New English Grammar, and Other Poems: a reading with Jeff Dolven
Reader: Jeff Dolven
19 January 2022, 5:30-6:30 PM
Video recording:
acts of attention: a reading with Klara Du Plessis, Patrick O’Reilly, and Sonya Smith
Readers: Klara Du Plessis, Patrick O’Reilly, and Sonya Smith
13 December 2021, 5-7 PM
Video recording:
Making Strange: a reading and conversation with Phillip Crymble and Sarah Wolfson
Readers: Sarah Wolfson and Phillip Crymble
11 March 2021, 4-5 PM
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Collaboration and Poiesis: a conversation with Earth World
18 February 2021, 5-6 PM
Video recording:
Pascale Théorêt-Groulx: Emergence, Consciousness and the Poetics of Video Art
Speaker: Pascale Théorêt-Groulx
21 January 2021, 5-6 PM
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Mirabel: Creative (re)tension
Reader: Mirabel
25 November 2020, 6:30-7:45 PM
Video recording:
Kasia van Schaik: Ecological Emergencies
Reader: Kasia van Schaik
27 October, 2020 5-6:30 PM
Video recording:
Tact, Excavation, Distance: An Evening with Jason Camlot, Avleen K. Mokha, and Kim Trainor
Readers: Jason Camlot, Avleen K. Mokha, and Kim Trainor
11 June 2020, 6-7:30 PM
Video recording:
Audio recordings:
Poetry Matters Session, June 11, Part 1 Poetry Matters Session, June 11, Part 2 Poetry Matters Session, June 11, Part 3
Mark Tredinnick: Wild Structures
Reader: Mark Tredinnick
24 February 2020, 4-6 PM
Recordings:
Poetry Matters Session, February 24, Part 1
Poetry Matters Session, February 24, Part 2
Shane Neilson
Reader: Shane Neilson
13 February 2020, 4-6 PM
Recordings:
Poetry Matters Session, February 13, Part 1
Poetry Matters Session, February 13, Part 2
Rebecca Salazar, christian favreau, M.W. Jaeggle
Readers: Rebecca Salazar, christian favreau, M.W. Jaeggle
23 January 2020, 7-9 PM
Recordings:
Poetry Matters Session, January 23, favreau
Poetry Matters Session, January 23, Jaeggle
Poetry Matters Session, January 23, Salazar
Poetry Matters Session, January 23, Q&A
James Dunnigan and Willow Little
Readers: James Dunnigan and Willow Little
5 December 2019, 5-8 PM
Recordings:
Poetry Matters Session, December 5, Part 1
Poetry Matters Session, December 5, Part 2
Asa Boxer and Marc Di Saverio
Readers: Asa Boxer and Marc Di Saverio
23 October 2019, 7-9 PM
Recordings:
Poetry Matters Session, October 23, Part 1
Poetry Matters Session, October 23, Part 2
Poetry Matters Session, October 23, Part 3
Wonder and Kindness: Susan Elmslie and Stephanie Bolster
Readers: Susan Elmslie and Stephanie Bolster
Respondent: Lina Di Genova
24 September 2019, 5-7 PM
Recordings:
Poetry Matters Session, September 24, Part 1
Poetry Matters Session, September 24, Part 2
Poetry Matters Session, September 24, Part 3
Roundtable: Caroline Levine's Forms
Panelist: Caroline Levine, Cornell University
Respondents from McGill: Sandeep Banerjee, Miranda Hickman, Prashant Keshavmurthy, Michael Nicholson
29 March 2019, 10 AM-12 PM
Recordings:
Poetry Matters Session, March 29, Part 1
Poetry Matters Session, March 29, Part 2
What's Wrong with Rhyme?
Moderators: Professor Maggie Kilgour
16 November 2018, 3-5 PM
Recordings:
Poetry Matters Session, November 16, Part 1
Poetry Matters Session, November 16, Part 2
Poetry Matters Session, November 16, Part 3
Poetry Matters Session, November 16, Part 4
Poetry Matters Session, November 16, Part 5
The Ghazal in Persian, Urdu and English
Moderators: Prashant Keshavmurthy
18 October 2018, 3-5 PM
Recordings:
Poetry Matters Session, October 18, Part 1
Poetry Matters Session, October 18, Part 2
poetry Matters Session, October 18, Part 3
Poetry Matters Session, October 18, Part 4
poetry Matters Session, October 18, Part 5
Lyric and Mediation in Poetry from South Asia
Moderators: Professor Sandeep Banerjee, Zian Mian and Suvij Sudershan
23 March 2018, 3-5 PM
Recordings:
Poetry Matters Session, March 23, Part 1
Poetry Matters Session, March 23, Part 2
Poetry Matters Session, March 23, Part 3
Poetry Matters Session, March 23, Part 4
Poetry Matters Session, March 23, Part 5