In-person Arts & Culture

Closing Showcase: Challenging the Current

Saturday, April 27, 2024
7:00pm to 9:00pm

Part of: The Edmonton Poetry Festival

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Organized by: Edmonton Poetry Festival
April
27

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.


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