“theoretical and organic, civic and wild, surreptitious and brazen”—thanks @MtlReviewofBks and Carlos Pittella for this review of Post-Mortem of the Event! https://t.co/7RC05GGQd1 @PalimpsestPress
Some look rationally, some at the event, some look nowhere in particular. / But here it’s less about the gaze, / more about the circular pink cheeks clapped by hands / not applauding, but astounded. / Ashamed by invasion. — Klara Du Plessis (@ToMakePoesis)
Tomorrow! Join us to celebrate the release of Chambersonic by Oana Avasilichioaei, Conversations with the Kagawong River by sophie anne edwards, cop city swagger by Mercedes Eng, The Middle by Stephen Collis and No Signal No Noise by A Jamali Rad!
In preparation for my Toronto launch of Post-Mortem of the Event, this excerpt from Alan Reed’s review in. @PeriodicityJ Join tonight at 7pm, Queen Books!
APAFA ANNOUNCES THE STEVEN HEIGHTON FELLOWSHIP:
The Al-Purdy A-Frame Residency, in collaboration with the Queen's Department of English and Creative Writing and the Kingston WritersFest is excited to announce the new Steven Heighton Fellowship, which commences in 2025. (1/2)
“Post-Mortem of the Event is a powerfully intelligent and insightful collection [...] It amply demonstrates the rigour and depth of thought animating Du Plessis's practice, and is simultaneously both a remarkable analysis and creative work”—Alan Reed
October 16th, the full band will come together at the PHI Centre in Montréal to play our full album. This'll be our only local show this year, so come through if you can. Tickets at the link below.
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Montreal @PalimpsestPress launch of Post-Mortem of the Event is 10 November, accompanied by the wonderful @anstrutherpress Reader that includes some of my earliest published poems. Guest appearance by @itsakirby is not to be missed!!