Closing Showcase: Challenging the Current
Saturday, April 27, 2024
7:00pm to 9:00pm
Part of: The Edmonton Poetry Festival
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Emily Riddle, Marilyn Dumont & Rita Bouvier share their poetry that scrutinizes our past & problematic present while pointing a way forward.
Challenging the Currents
How can we resist today's colonial currents – entrenched in our history, politics or day to day discourse – that rushes and rages on? Anna Marie Sewell hosts Challenging the Currents featuring Emily Riddle, Marilyn Dumont and Rita Bouvier who share their powerful poetry that scrutinizes our painful past and problematic present while pointing a way forward.
9641 102A Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB, T5H 0G3
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