Overnight on the train--no, wait. 11 hours through pure Canadian daylight. Tierney got to drive the train because he was wearing an engineer's hat. Dodds is pantless in this photo.
some silver alien has just launched itself around the room... captured on photograph. Tierney - shocked. Dodds - detached. Alien - sylvan streaked mass. ah, the vistas of poetry in action.
Two on a Choo-Choo: The Dodds/Tierney Poetry Train
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Coach House Books and VIA Rail send poets Jeramy Dodds (Crabwise to the Hounds) and Matthew Tierney (The Hayflick Limit) on a whirlwind poetry tour by train, with stops at festivals, bookstores and reading series nationwide.
Here you will find posts by the poets from various points on the rails or off.
The full schedule is as follows:
April 19 – Winnipeg McNally Robinson Polo Park (details)
April 22 – Saskatoon McNally Robinson Saskatoon (details)
April 24 – Edmonton Edmonton Poetry Festival (details)
April 28 – Vancouver Short Line Reading Series (details)
April 30 – Ottawa Ottawa Writers Festival (details)
some silver alien has just launched itself around the room... captured on photograph. Tierney - shocked.
ReplyDeleteDodds - detached.
Alien - sylvan streaked mass.
ah, the vistas of poetry in action.