A Literary Evening with Canisia Lubrin

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MA in Literatures of Modernity

A Literary Evening with Canisia Lubrin

Canisia Lubrin will read excerpts from her prize winning books of poetry and her highly anticipated new novel, Code Noir.

Canisia Lubrin is a writer, editor and teacher, author of three books, including The Dyzgraphxst. Her work has received a 2021 Windham-Campbell Prize, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and Griffin Poetry Prize, among others. Lubrin has held fellowships at the Banff Centre, Civitell Ranieri, Literature Colloquium, and several universities. She is Asst. Professor and coordinator of the mUniversity of Guelph Creative Writing MFA in the School of English & Theatre Studies, and poetry editor at McClelland & Stewart. Code Noir (Knopf, 2024) is her fiction debut, containing 59 drawings by acclaimed visual artist, Torkwase Dyson.

March 4, 2024 5:30–7:00pm

Jorgenson Hall, 14th Floor, 380 Victoria Street, Toronto Metropolitan University

Light refreshments will be provided. For questions, please contact literature@torontomu.ca