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Kwantlen Creative Writing 1100 Fall 2009 Anthologies

Posted Tue, 2009-12-22 14:55 by Matt

This past term, my Creative Writing classes created class anthologies at the end of the term. The class determined everything about the project except two caveats: 1. Each student must be represented. 2. The work must somehow be available to the public. The young writers worked hard on this project and I'm pleased to present three of these anthologies below:

Customs

Posted Fri, 2009-11-20 08:31 by Matt

Jim Johnstone and Cactus Press have just released my latest chapbook. It's called "Customs" and it has it's providence in the story of Louis Sam, a Sto:lo boy who was lynched in Sumas in 1884.

Bridge to a Cool Planet: The Weather Makers

Posted Sun, 2009-10-18 13:47 by Matt

October 24 is International Day of Climate Action. In Vancouver, events are being organized by Bridge to a Cool Planet: www.bridgecoolplanet.ca/en/. In addition, my friend, Kate Costello, is organizing a digital book to be sent to government with contributions of writers from all over British Columbia.

From "Reservations: Identity and Poetic Form"

Posted Fri, 2009-10-02 15:01 by Matt

The following is an excerpt of the lecture I'll be giving next week at the 2009 Literatures of the West Coast Graduate Conference at the University of the Victoria. The working title is "Reservations: Identity and Poetic Form" and it mostly tells the story of how I came to think of poetic form as being both customs agent and traveller, local and global.

From "Reservations"

Posted Fri, 2009-10-02 14:44 by Matt

6. Yuquot (Friendly Cove), Nootka Sound

Tongues of Fire Mini-Interview

Posted Thu, 2009-10-01 09:40 by Matt

A brief interview on the Tongues of Fire blog: tofpoetry.blogspot.com/

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Short Line Reading Series, Railway Club

Posted Wed, 2009-09-09 06:55 by Matt

Some audio from a reading at the Railway Club in Vancouver, BC in Fall 2008. The reading was hosted by Memewar Magazine and Zach Wells made the recording.

http://www.archive.org/details/AddenaSumter-freetagAndMattRader

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A Review of "The Lonesome Death of Joseph Fey"

Posted Tue, 2009-09-08 20:54 by Matt

Follow the link and scroll down the page for a review of the story "The Lonesome Death of Joseph Fey" that originally appeared in Grain in 2005. The story received a number of accolades including a nomination for the Journey Prize.

http://www.newpages.com/magazinestand/litmags/reviews_archive_2005/2005_...