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Griffin Poetry Prize
Приєднався 8 січ 2009
The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry supports poetry through several initiatives, focusing on the annual Griffin Poetry Prize, the world’s largest international poetry prize.
The prize is for a first-edition collection, written in, or translated into English, and published during the preceding year. The prize goes to a living poet or translator from any country, which may include Canada. Judges are selected annually by the trustees, and the prize is awarded in the spring of each year.
Find out more on our website: griffinpoetryprize.com/
The prize is for a first-edition collection, written in, or translated into English, and published during the preceding year. The prize goes to a living poet or translator from any country, which may include Canada. Judges are selected annually by the trustees, and the prize is awarded in the spring of each year.
Find out more on our website: griffinpoetryprize.com/
Don McKay interviewed by Griffin Trustee Paul Muldoon
"My sense of myself as a poet really took off when I became obsessed with birds . . . I was impossible to be with. People would say, 'Don't say feather! Don't say flight! Don't say anything, or you'll set him off!'"
In this interview with Griffin Trustee Paul Muldoon, Don McKay reveals how he came to poetry, how his "obsessions" with birdwatching and geology influenced his work, and how his awareness of the natural world shifted over time.
The Lifetime Recognition Award recipient also discusses his literary inspirations, his time studying at the University of Wales, and the path he may have chosen if he hadn't pursued poetry. He concludes this inspiring conversation with a reading of his poem, "As if."
Discover more about Don McKay on our website: griffinpoetryprize.com/lifetime-recognition/2024/
In this interview with Griffin Trustee Paul Muldoon, Don McKay reveals how he came to poetry, how his "obsessions" with birdwatching and geology influenced his work, and how his awareness of the natural world shifted over time.
The Lifetime Recognition Award recipient also discusses his literary inspirations, his time studying at the University of Wales, and the path he may have chosen if he hadn't pursued poetry. He concludes this inspiring conversation with a reading of his poem, "As if."
Discover more about Don McKay on our website: griffinpoetryprize.com/lifetime-recognition/2024/
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Maggie Burton interviewed by Griffin Trustee Karen Solie
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"My relationship to the concept of choice and to women's work really changed throughout the writing of this book." In this conversation with Griffin Trustee Karen Solie, Maggie Burton offers fascinating glimpses into the ten-year process of writing her award-winning book, Chores. Among the many experiences that have shaped her debut collection, Burton highlights growing up in a family of creati...
Maggie Burton reads "Cleaning Out the Freezer" from Chores
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Enjoy this reading of Maggie Burton's "Cleaning Out the Freezer" from her book, Chores (Breakwater Books), winner of the 2024 Canadian First Book Prize. Our resident filmmaker Lior Shamriz used early 1900s archival footage of sealers in Newfoundland to create this short film.
George McWhirter and Homero Aridjis interviewed by Griffin Trustee Ian Williams
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What do monarch butterflies have to do with translation? In this interview with Griffin Trustee Ian Williams, Canadian translator George McWhirter and Mexican poet Homero Aridjis discuss their decades-long friendship and collaboration, reveal fascinating insights into their multilayered translation process, and share what role enthusiasm plays in their work. They also read “Soy un indocumentado...
George McWhirter and Homero Aridjis read "The Jaguar" from Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence
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Enjoy this reading of "The Jaguar" from Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence (New Directions Publishing), translated by George McWhirter from the Spanish written by Homero Aridjis. Join us on June 5 in Toronto to hear our shortlisted finalists read live! Purchase your tickets today: www.rcmusic.com/events-and-performances/2024-griffin-poetry-prize-readings The evening will also include readings...
Ann Lauterbach interviewed by Griffin Trustee Mark Doty
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"I have a desire for people to understand horizontality as a very important way to live." In this interview with Griffin Trustee Mark Doty, Ann Lauterbach reads and discusses her poem "Habitat" from Door, her 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize-shortlisted collection, published by Penguin Books. Lauterbach speaks about slowness, trust, turning inwards, looking at art, and reclaiming a sense of the miracu...
Ann Lauterbach reads "Hand (Giotto)" from Door
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Listen to Ann Lauterbach read her poem “Hand (Giotto),” from her 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize-shortlisted collection, Door (Penguin Books). Join us on June 5 in Toronto to hear Ann Lauterbach read live alongside our other finalists: Amelia Glaser, Yuliya Ilchuk, and Halyna Kruk, Jorie Graham, Ishion Hutchinson, Ann Lauterbach, and George McWhirter and Homero Aridjis. Don't miss out! Purchase your ...
Ishion Hutchinson reads "XXXVI" from School of Instructions
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Listen to Ishion Hutchinson read his passage “XXXVI,” excerpted from his 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize-shortlisted collection, School of Instructions (Faber & Faber, and Farrar, Straus and Giroux), a stunning memorial work that excavates the forgotten experience of West Indian soldiers during World War I. To create the accompanying film for this poem, our resident filmmaker Lior Shamriz worked with...
Ishion Hutchinson interviewed by Griffin Trustee Ian Williams
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“I don’t live in a war zone, so I have to speak with respect where this is concerned, but this adventure of setting out is perhaps the only way any form of real change can be possible. If people weren’t leaving the safe and comfortable-and sometimes you don’t exist in safety and comfort, it could be for other reasons-but moving away from home is a form of daring. It’s, in a sense, too, what the...
Jorie Graham interviewed by Griffin Trustee Sarah Howe
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"I have, in To 2040, taken that title and spoken to the future people who live in that year . . . seven generations down the line, who look back and say, 'Why didn't you stop? Why didn't you avert? Why didn't you change? How could you have done this?'" -Jorie Graham Watch this illuminating conversation between Griffin Trustee Sarah Howe and Jorie Graham, who delves deep into the creation of her...
Jorie Graham reads "The VR" from To 2040
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Enjoy Jorie Graham's reading of “The VR” from her 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize-shortlisted collection, To 2040. Join us on June 5 in Toronto to hear Jorie Graham read alongside our other finalists: Amelia Glaser, Yuliya Ilchuk, and Halyna Kruk, Ishion Hutchinson, Ann Lauterbach, and George McWhirter and Homero Aridjis. Don't miss out! Secure your tickets today: www.rcmusic.com/events-and-performan...
Amelia M. Glaser, Yuliya Ilchuk, and Halyna Kruk read "human warmth"
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Enjoy this reading of "human warmth" from A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails, translated by Amelia M. Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk from the Ukrainian written by Halyna Kruk. Join us on June 5 in Toronto to hear Glaser, Ilchuk, and Kruk read together, alongside our other 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize finalists: Jorie Graham, Ishion Hutchinson, Ann Lauterbach, and George McWhirter and Homero Aridjis. Do...
Amelia M. Glaser, Yuliya Ilchuk, and Halyna Kruk interviewed by Griffin Trustee Aleš Šteger
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"Nothing is translatable, but you translate anyway, because everything is at stake: understanding what another person is going through." -Amelia M. Glaser Watch this profoundly moving conversation between Griffin Trustee Aleš Šteger and Amelia M. Glaser, Yuliya Ilchuk, and Halyna Kruk, who discuss the creation of their 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize-shortlisted collection, A Crash Course for Molotov...
You're invited to the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Readings
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You're invited to the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Readings
Ann Lauterbach reads "Count" from Door
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Ann Lauterbach reads "Count" from Door
Halyna Kruk, Amelia M. Glaser, and Yuliya Ilchuk read from A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails
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Halyna Kruk, Amelia M. Glaser, and Yuliya Ilchuk read from A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails
Ben Lerner reads "No Art" from The Lights
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Ben Lerner reads "No Art" from The Lights
Tomasz Różycki and Mira Rosenthal read "Metamorphoses" from To the Letter
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Tomasz Różycki and Mira Rosenthal read "Metamorphoses" from To the Letter
Fred Moten reads "tiling, lining notes" from perennial fashion presence falling
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Fred Moten reads "tiling, lining notes" from perennial fashion presence falling
Homero Aridjis and George McWhirter read "Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence"
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Homero Aridjis and George McWhirter read "Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence"
Ishion Hutchinson reads "LI" from School of Instructions
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Ishion Hutchinson reads "LI" from School of Instructions
Jorie Graham reads "Are we" from To 2040
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Jorie Graham reads "Are we" from To 2040
Emilie Moorhouse reads from Emerald Wounds: Selected Poems of Joyce Mansour
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Emilie Moorhouse reads from Emerald Wounds: Selected Poems of Joyce Mansour
Roger Reeves reads "Children Listen" from Best Barbarian
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Roger Reeves reads "Children Listen" from Best Barbarian
Emily Riddle reads "Red" from The Big Melt
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Emily Riddle reads "Red" from The Big Melt
Translation Talks: D M Bradford & Donald Nicholson Smith
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Translation Talks: D M Bradford & Donald Nicholson Smith
Hoa Nguyen reads "Digressive Parenthesis" from Violet Energy Ingots
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Hoa Nguyen reads "Digressive Parenthesis" from Violet Energy Ingots
Anne Carson reads "Short Talk on Reading" from Red Doc
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Anne Carson reads "Short Talk on Reading" from Red Doc
So good
wonderful !!!
That's really amazing. I'm also going for poetry recitation competition and so scared .. :p
WOW!
gd ...superb
hells yea this is dope
Dionne Brand is one of the great poets of our time. Contemporary, relevant, immediate, her work speaks to the breaking news of our time, to the emotional brokennesses, the bewilderments, the enduring struggle against imperialisms that linger through our days; the deep need and hunger for real love and caring. And so much more. In Ossuaries, her tercets push line and word along, insistently. Her voice gives witness to the individual cry. And she also reads her work very well.
Fantastic job!
Nice.
Lovely! "pre-cambrian anapest" ...even lovlier!
It's time for a poetry break, isn't it?
What I may say, just there are not words for this, just wonderful...
It's time for a poetry break, isn't it?
Thanks for this upload
Met John today nice guy.
Rednuhtetum!
really funny. lovely.
Grande Vallejo!
amazing inner drive at such a young age
I'm currently reading Journey With No Maps - A Life of PK Page by Sandra Djwa (2012, McGill-Queen's University Press). It's clearly very meticulously researched and offers great insights into Page's life and works.
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Names can walk then can fly So is this verse of Yusef
People don't like poems I don't why ... I don't know why ... No body commented I don't know why I don't know why ... Can anyone find the answer... Why people don't like poems... As I can't see any comments... Although there are many literates... I don't know...I don't why...!!!
Patricia Kathleen "P. K." Page, CC OBC FRSC (November 23, 1916 - January 14, 2010) was a Canadian poet. She was the author of over 30 published books: of poetry, fiction, travel diaries, essays, children's books, and an autobiography. By special resolution of the United Nations, in 2001 Page's poem "Planet Earth" was read simultaneously in New York, the Antarctic, and the South Pacific to celebrate the International Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations.
We were delighted to have poet Leslie Greentree join us for the 2013 Griffin Poetry Prize festivities to read from the work of shortlisted poet Jennifer Maiden of Australia, who could not attend. We love Leslie's own poetry, too. Her collection go-go dancing for Elvis was shortlisted for the 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize.
Wonderful
This kid is unbelievable!!!
Ken jolted my DNA too. He winds past, conjuring pretty patterns. Pretty patterns.
Leonora, we'll do our best to pass your question along to Derek Mahon.
Is your poem Greta about Mrs Douglas a teacher in the Causeway School which is now a resource educational centre for children to experience the 1950 and the Victorian age
Time for a #poetry break? Enjoy Suzanne Buffam's reading from her collection The Irrationalist.
We're pleased that everyone found this tribute both timely and moving. The poetry reading in particular is unforgettable, isn't it?
We agree - so glad you enjoyed this reading.
We're glad that this reading continues to strike a chord for so many.
We welcome comments that contribute to great conversations about the poetry and readings we present here. We don't mind negative or critical comments as long as they are respectful and well-stated. Thanks!
Enjoy a unique poetry break with Erin Moure, Robert Majzels and Nicole Brossard.
Back in 1996, I remember reading Rohrer's poem, "Found In The Museum Of Old Science," from his first book of poems. It is,by far, my favorite poem by the fellow poet. It was, and still is, pure magic to me.
This man stands in front of Shelley's brilliant light, looks at his own tiny shadow, and thinks it worth a poem. Then again, perhaps I missed something.
Thank you Michael, added to a playlist...
Thank you David, added to a playlist...
I love this guy; he's funny.
This is what poetry is all about!
Love him. He's brilliant. And funny. And kind.
Greatest poet of all time, in my opinion. I cannot understand why his audience laughs.
Lovely. Thanks.
Thank you, great commentary in the video, added to a playlist...
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