3pm: Ursula Rucker Workshop

Mercury Lounge, 56 Byward Market Square
Ursula Rucker
Join us for this unique opportunity for a hands-on workshop with American spoken word artist Ursula Rucker.
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4:30pm

Mercury Lounge, 56 Byward Market Square
Paige Ackerson-Kiely
Vermont poet and novelist Paige Ackerson-Kiely is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships for her work.
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Barry McKinnon
Barry McKinnon's work has won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Award and the bp Nichol Chapbook Award.
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8pm: The Summit Reading

In cooperation with the Embassies of the United States and México, and the Ottawa International Writers Festival
National Arts Centre, 53 Elgin St
Pura López-Colomé
Cuernavaca, Mexico poet Pura López-Colomé's new bilingual collection, Watchword, is being published this winter.
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Phil Hall
Governor General award-winning poet Phil Hall lives near Perth, Ontario.
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Philip Levine
Philip Levine's "work is so emotionally intense, and yet so controlled, so concentrated, that the accumulative effect ... can be shattering."
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