Launch of ARC 96
Featuring: Junie Désil, Simone Dalton and Shery Alexander Heinis
Hosted by Brandon Wint
Désil intersperses her personal story of growing up Black and Haitian in Canada ... creating a multi-layered exploration that is as political as it is personal.
Here's a direct link to tonight's event on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/644549543
Hosted by acclaimed poet and spoken word performer Brandon Wint, this event features readings by Junie Désil, winner of the Writers' Trust of Canada Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers, Simone Dalton, winner of the RBC Taylor Prize Emerging Writer Award, and poet, writer, and community builder, Shery Alexander Heinis.
Arc 96, the "Islands of Influence" issue, welcomes poems, essays, interviews, and visual art that celebrate, explore and elucidate the ways that Caribbean life and Canadian life have intersected to create unique literary and artistic possibilities.
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