Canadian poet Lillian Allen, the “godmother of dub,” has been chosen as VIU's 2020-21 Gustafson Distinguished Poet.
Reading/Performance and Q&A:
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 10 a.m. Pacific / 1 p.m. Eastern
Gustafson Lecture:
Thursday, February 11, 2021 5 p.m. Pacific / 8 p.m. Eastern
Register and the link to the event will be sent to your email address.
Allen’s talk will discuss the history and practice of dub poetry (& spoken word) as it speaks to resistance, resilience, transcendence and revolution. “Dub poetry & spoken word calls for embodied poetics that go beyond the page,” says Allen. “It says art matters; poetry is consequential and must be implicated in the ecology of human obligation to each other, to all living things, and in transforming self and the world.”