Because the Sun

with Sarah Burgoyne

Hosted by Nina Jane Drystek Podcast Poetry

Admission

Free

Friday

Jun , 2021

12:00pm

Eastern

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Sarah Burgoyne

Sarah Burgoyne, whose out-of-the-box literary creativity was beautifully displayed in her acclaimed debut collection Saint Twin, knows just how to bring together seemingly disparate elements to spark something fascinating and unique.

Open Book

Don’t miss this conversation hosted by nina jane drystek, a 2020 Bronwen Wallace Award-nominee and acclaimed experimental poet Sarah Burgoyne, about her second collection, Because the Sun, which thinks with and against Camus’ extensive notebooks and the iconic outlaw film Thelma & Louise.

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The Authors

Sarah Burgoyne

Sarah Burgoyne's first collection Saint Twin (Mansfield, 2016) was a finalist for the A. M. Klein Prize in Poetry, awarded a prize from l'Academie de la vie litteraire, and shortlisted for the ReLit Award. Other works have appeared in journals across Canada and the U.S., have been featured in scores by American composer J.P. Merz, and have appeared within or alongside the visual art of Susanna Barlow, Jamie Macaulay, and Joani Tremblay. She currently lives and writes in Montreal.