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Poetry

"" November 18, 2024 Kudakwashe Rutendo - a recent grad and TIFF 'Rising Star' - is just getting started
A microphone in front of an audience. April 10, 2023 Students from ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ Mississauga's first spoken-word course take the mic for live performance
"" September 28, 2021 Samantha Martin-Bird began writing as a pandemic pastime – and won an award
"" February 16, 2021 Paradise found: 'Miltonist' John Rogers says ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ is the place to study the 17th-century poet
November 26, 2020 'Why don’t I just write?': Souvankham Thammavongsa on winning the Giller and her time at ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥
portrait of Stefania Hurko wearing a hat February 10, 2020 ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥'s Stefania Hurko was a poet and political activist who 'believed the individual could move mountains'
Portrait of Gary Barwin January 21, 2020 As new writer-in-residence, Gary Barwin brings lifetime of creative energy to ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ Scarborough
Ian Williams receives the Giller Prize on stage November 19, 2019 ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ alumnus Ian Williams on poetry, teaching and his Giller Prize-winning novel
Dede Akolo holds their Cressy Award November 6, 2019 ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ graduate Dede Akolo, a writer and poet, on why it's 'important to find a community'
Portrait of Gwen Benaway October 29, 2019 Gwen Benaway and two other ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ community members win Governor General's Literary Awards
Portrait of Gwen Benaway August 19, 2019 Award-winning author and ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ researcher Gwen Benaway on 'the transsexual body as a space of possibility'
Lorna Goodison receives her honorary degree June 12, 2019 'A poet of place': Jamaica’s Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison receives ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ honorary degree
Photo of Al Moritz March 6, 2019 ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥'s A.F. Moritz, Toronto's newest poet laureate, tells Toronto Star how he will handle the role
Photo of Masai Ujiri January 31, 2019 Black History Month: Check out these ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ events in February
photo of De Leon on a bench November 23, 2018 When 'the city becomes the poem': Author challenges Scarborough stereotypes by taking readers on TTC journey
the poetry finalists April 5, 2017 Five poets, one party: ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ authors mark National Poetry Month with joint book launch
photo of Derek Walcott March 20, 2017 Nobel laureate Derek Walcott dies: ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥'s Fisher library has 160 boxes of his drafts, notes and sketches
Daniel Robinson March 9, 2017 Sounds of Silence: composers, poets and ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ students collaborate for Canada 150 event
Photo of Leonard Cohen November 11, 2016 A legend dies: ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥'s Fisher Library is home to nearly 100 boxes of Leonard Cohen's letters, manuscripts
composite photo of Liz Howard and book jacket June 21, 2016 ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥'s Liz Howard, winner of the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize