Join us for a literary
reading by poet, editor, and spoken word performer Leanne Simpson
What: Literary readingWhen: Thursday November 12th, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Where: Library 215
Leanne
Betasamosake Simpson is “a gifted writer who brings passion and
commitment to her storytelling and who has demonstrated an uncommon ability to
manage an impressive range of genres from traditional storytelling to critical
analysis, from poetry to the spoken word, from literary and social activism.”
In
2014, Leanne was named the inaugural
RBC Charles Taylor Emerging writer by Thomas King, and she was also nominated
for a National Magazine Award for her short story “Treaties” published in Geist 90. In 2012, she won Briarpatch Magazine’s Writing From the
Margins prize for short fiction. Leanne
is the author of three books; Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back, The Gift
Is in the Making and Islands of Decolonial Love, and the editor of Lighting
the Eighth Fire, This Is An Honour Song (with Kiera Ladner) and The
Winter We Danced: Voice from the Past, the Future and the Idle No More Movement
(Kino-nda-niimi collective). Leanne
holds a PhD from the University of Manitoba and has lectured at universities
across Canada. She is of Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg ancestry and a member of
Alderville First Nation.
