Writer, editor, historian, Feldenkrais practitioner. Booster of works-in-progress @draftreadings. https://xitter.cf/t.co/TNfu9sIaXE https://xitter.cf/t.co/xXnYaK1LbX https://xitter.cf/t.co/AjnJt1dFfr
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I have been holding this news for months, and I'm happy it is how shareable. Thank you to everyone who has played a role in supporting me, lifting me up, and seeing the potential in me. You do not win this kind of award as an island of 1. #CRCTier2 #BlackScholar #MobaProjects
Congratulations to @TorontoMet profs Cheryl Thompson, TMU’s new Canada Research Chair in Black Expressive Culture and Creativity, and Sharareh Taghipour for her renewed CRC in Physical Asset Management. Learn more: bit.ly/4hP9SJ1 @DrCherylT @RyersonRRMR @thecreativeschl
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Check out #CDTPS alumni Lauren Gillis and Alaine Hutton in their new show HONEY I'M HOME premiering at Factory Theatre from November 21 to December 1, 2024! @LesterTrips
Your boss has rejected your request to work from home, but would you consider… Homing From Work? HONEY I'M HOME by Alaine Hutton and Lauren Gillis of @LesterTrips runs Nov 21-Dec 1 in the studio theatre. Video shot by Andrew Jeffrey, edited by Ana Figo. factorytheatre.ca/shows/hone…
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Rough draft of WAKING IN THE DARK: THE BOSTON YEARS OF SYLVIA PLATH, ANNE SEXTON, ADRIENNE RICH, AND MAXINE KUMIN. Many more drafts to go, but I’m closing in…
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A poem I wrote for today, as part of my Poet Laureateship with @TwpofScugog.
@ScugogArts
#RemembanceDay2024 #RemembanceDay
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Excited to announce our first Archive of Care featured author: @typennock Known for their powerful poetry on Indigenous identity, resilience, and healing. Join us to celebrate voices that inspire and restore.
Thanks to @TorontoArts for funding this event.
A great lineup in the evening too: @ronnabloom Arundhati Dhara @aswangpoem @toluOloruntoba Can't wait. Sign up @DraftReadings website: draftreadings.com
The Draft Reading Series is excited to announce our Day 2 lineup for Archive of Care – Sat, Nov 23!
Curated by @kerncarter with readings by an incredible lineup:
1:30-3:30 PM & 7-9 PM
Big thanks to the @TorontoArts for funding.
Register now 👉 draftreadings.com
A smidgen of good news!!!!
Toronto loves the library. I know I love my library.
That’s why today, I’m so very happy to announce our plan to make sure all 100 @torontolibrary branches across the city are finally open 7 days a week year round.
ALT Mayor Olivia Chow announces plans to expand library hours across the city.
ALT Mayor Olivia Chow joins Councillors Josh Matlow, Paul Ainslie, Toronto Chief Librarianand members of the TPL Board.
Yay!
I'm so excited to be part of this festival.
Tickets and more info at draftreadings.com
Maria Meindl retweeted
Hey everyone check out my exhibit at the @Pier21 Canadian Museum of Immigration, "A History Exposed: The Enslavement of Black People in Canada."
It's on now until January 2025.
#blackhistory #canada #maritimes
I was there Oct. 16th to give some media interviews.
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Discover amazing virtual book events for kids, parents, and educators featuring incredible Canadian children's authors and illustrators. FOLD Kids Book Fest provides direct access to a diverse array of incredible authors, storytellers and engaging activities.
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This will be so good! So many superb writers on this list -- and they happen to be friends of Draft, too!
This Wednesday for the #Toronto #literarycommunity
@torontolibrary #highpark branch.
Curated by the wonderful author Bernadette Gabay Dyer.
See you there!
#canlit #nonfiction #fiction
@UrsulaPflug et al
An honour to talk to you about your brilliant debut. And thanks for letting me try out this new venture with you. Folks, the book is a wonder. Please read it.
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Thanks for creating and sharing this, Gary!
This melody, Kol Nidrei recalls ever present sorrow of the world & a very tender reminder for compassion, empathy, love & our essential shared experience here on earth. I play itwith images I made of the Hebrew alphabet, a beautiful and mysterious script.
youtu.be/xrm3iT91yZs?si=-_46…
Maria Meindl retweeted
I'm delighted to reveal the cover of my second novel, THE FUN TIMES BRIGADE! Music and motherhood and identity crises (plural!) and grief and a song about crayons and more! Out with @bookhugpress: May 1, 2025! #TheFunTimesBrigade #CanLit #TBR
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Delighted to have my work included in the #anthology Bad Artist @cbcbooks #canlit #literature #fallreads
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This festive occasion is fast approaching. Off to work where I'll be wrapping up door prizes and questioning if I should have ditched the Mingle Bingo plans...à la Cesare: I shoulda, I coulda and I did.
Ah! Good to know Dada is alive and well and (still) living in London, Ontario.
If you're anywhere near London (Ontario) on Friday Oct. 11, don't miss the internationally-celebrated Dutch sound poet and performance artist @jaapblonk at @brownanddickson (1025 Elias St.) at 7pm! Tix $10 or PWYC
ALT A poster for Jaap Blonk's reading at Brown & Dickson bookstore on Friday Oct. 11 at 7pm. The reading is at 1025 Elias St., London, Ontario. Tickets $10 or PWYC. There is a hand-drawn, surrealist outline of Blonk's head in the middle of the poster and some Dada-esque red and blue blocks in the lower left. The poster also indicates that the event is sponsored by Western University
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What a pleasure being interviewed by Brian Crombie about my new poetry book, The Suicide Tourist (Ekstasis Editions, 2024) and much more. #mentalhealth #Canlit #bipolar #ekstasiseditions
Tonight, Thursday, September 26th, at 6 pm on The Brian Crombie Hour I interview ✅ Myna Wallin. ALL my 🎤 podcasts and 🎦 videocasts can be accessed any time on my web site briancrombie.com which holds repository of all my shows. 📌 Myna Wallin is a Toronto-born poet a...
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Really enjoyed Anomia, a novel by Jade Wallace @nycterosea new from @PalimpsestPress -- here's my review. #books #amreading
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It was a wonderful event @festivalofauthors with @jennyheijun and @angelynsaysh #toronto #canlit #diverseauthors #blackwriters. Had the opportunity to dig into my book of Black Cake, Turtle Soup, and Other Dilemmas @dundurnpress and Everything and Nothing at All @KnopfCA
