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SUMMARY:Writing as a Witness workshop
DESCRIPTION:\n\nWorks of literature cannot lift chains of oppression or 
 stop bombs from dropping on unarmed civilians. Yet\, as Cathy Park Hong 
 asked in her essay ‘Against Witness’ in Poetry magazine: ‘Is it 
 enough that a poem ‘remembers?’ Is it enough that writing offers us a 
 way to get closer to the feelings of turmoil and distress?\n\nWritten 
 accounts of war\, displacement\, genocide and trauma bear witness to the 
 author and their experiences\, an act occupying a space between the 
 personal and political which poet Carolyn Forché defines as the “poetry 
 of witness.” Guided by the work of Forché\, workshop participants will 
 explore the role of writing as a witness and a voice in literature 
 encompassing first-hand accounts (for instance\, a prisoner of war) and 
 “secondary” witnessing by those who experience an event through news 
 reports\, images\, interviews\, or other documents.\n\nThis workshop is 
 open to students\, staff\, faculty\, and members of the public. Light 
 refreshments will be provided.\n\n\nRayanne Haines is a producer\, 
 podcaster\, educator and award-winning poet. Her third collection\, Tell 
 The Birds Your Body Is Not A Gun (Frontenac House)\, won the 2022 Stephan 
 G. Stephansson\, Alberta Literary Award for Poetry and was shortlisted for 
 both the BPAA Robert Kroetsch Award\, and the ReLit Award. Her poetic 
 memoir\, What Kind of Daughter? (Frontenac House\, 2024) was shortlisted 
 the 2024 Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry. Rayanne hosts the Crow 
 Reads podcast\, is the President of the League of Canadian Poets\, and an 
 Assistant Professor at MacEwan University. She teaches and writes with 
 vulnerability as a guiding force. \n\n
LOCATION:7-269 (Multipurpose Room)\, MacEwan University
ORGANIZER;CN="Estelle Frank":MAILTO:franke7@macewan.ca
CATEGORIES:Writing Centre
CONTACT;CN="Estelle Frank":MAILTO:franke7@macewan.ca
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