Marilyn Dumont,
Joanne Arnott and Daniel Poitras read at the St,
Albert Library
Work from their recently
published collections, that tongued
belonging and Mother Time,
will be read by Marilyn Dumont and Joanne Arnott
Saturday, July 14, 2007, 2:00 pm at the St.
Albert Public Library, St. Albert Place, 5 St.
Anne Street in St. Albert.
that tongued belonging,
the newest book from award-winning Metis poet
Marilyn Dumont, is a collection of poems which
search for acceptance in language, culture, love
and geographical landscapes. These poems
celebrate the humour and tenacity of Aboriginal
women, lament the death of a mother, deride the
political correctness of those ignorant of
Aboriginal issues, recall the degradation of
Aboriginal women and chide the writer against
the seduction of pop stardom, while challenging
accepted ideas of love, age and femininity.
After reading, Mother Time, you will never look at
mothers at the playground, at the elementary
school or across the kitchen table in quite the
same way again. Beginning with a poem of
pregnancy, written by her twenty-five year old
self, Joanne Arnott leads us through a span of
twenty years of inward and outward struggles,
centered firmly in the ongoing work of becoming
a mother. Living on the thresholds between
races, the poet a prairie-born Metis and between
the generations Arnott articulates the
challenges of mothering in heart, body and
mind. Her works involves sometimes abstract,
sometimes visceral long and short poems, song
and chant. Susan Musgrave says,
“Like babies,
these poems spring from the womb. Arnott draws
us into the healing circle of her words, with
urgent beauty, in tune with the temper of our
times.”
Daniel Poitras is a rising
star on the local poetry scene. A regular
member of Poets Ink! in St. Albert, his ability
to touch the painfully places in life gives his
work a depth well beyond his years.
Joins us for a reading with
these three fine writers, Saturday, July 14,
2007, St. Albert Public Library, 5 St. Anne
Street, St. Albert an 2:00 pm.
PRESENTED BY:
ST. ALBERT PUBLIC LIBRARY,
POETS INK! and AUDREYS BOOKS
Further
Information by contacting:
Andy Michaelson,
780.458.9145, andymichaelson@shaw.ca
