news | Friday January 14, 2011

North of Invention: A Canadian Poetry Festival

From January 20-23, North of Invention is presenting 10 Canadian poets, including Adeena Karasick, Stephen Collis, Jeff Derksen, and Fred Wah, working at the cutting edge of contemporary poetic practice, bringing them first to the Kelly Writers House, then to Poets House in New York City for two days of readings, presentations and discussion in each location.

Celebrating the breadth and complexity of poetic experimentation in Canada, North of Invention features emerging and established poets working across multiple traditions, and represents nearly fifty years of experimental writing. North of Invention aims to initiate a new dialogue in North American poetics, addressing the hotly debated areas of “innovation” and “conceptual writing,” the history of sound poetry and contemporary performance, multilingualism and translation, and connections to activism.

Click here for more information about the event and schedule.