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The Long Poem: Sharon Thesen and Klara Du plessis

Saturday, April 12, 1:30 - 3 PM

Downtown Kelowna Branch, Okanagan Regional Library

1380 Ellis St, Kelowna, BC

All Welcome, Free Admission

Come hear from new work and enjoy a conversation between these two award-winning poets, Sharon Thesen and Klara du Plessis. Introduction and facilitator Dr. Karis Shearer.

Sharon Thesen is a renowned Canadian poet, writer, editor and critic. Her most recent book is Refabulations whch collects and reanimates the longer poems from Thesen’s œuvre, ranging from her first book, published in 1980, to today.  Her eleven books/chapbooks include The Good Bacteria, Oyama Pink Shale and The Receiver. She is Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing at UBC’s Okanagan Campus. She edited two editions of The New Long Poem Anthology, two editions of Charles Olson’s correspondence with book designer Frances Boldereff, and a Governor General’s Award–winning selected poems of Phyllis Webb, The Vision Tree.  Local publisher broke press just released Sharon's latest long poem in a chapbook publication, Day Song.

Klara du Plessis is known for her contributions to long-form and translingual poetics. She is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Post-Mortem of the Event (Palimpsest Press, 2024), and a collection of literary criticism. Her debut, Ekke, won the 2019 Pat Lowther Memorial Award. Klara is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan). 

 

After a reading, Klara and Sharon will discuss the poetic of the long poem, its challenges, richness, forms, and process. 

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