GEORGE BOWERING

THURSDAY, Apri 4, 1974
12:30 to 1:30 p.m, -- New West 4-Room comPLEX

Oa ute engages tn considerable naming, or
cataloguing, of things, eventa, and people in hia immediate
envtronment...'To name té to begin to admit.’ To admit
what? To admit that there te poetry htdien away in wordia,
in their sounda and meanings, tf the poet ean find the
context that will release tt. Perhaps to admit, finally,

that poetry is about words themselves."

George Bowering haa written several books of
poetry, two of whtch--Rocky Mountain Foot and the Garge
of the Kosmoa--earned him the Governor-General'e Award
tn 1969, He hae alao written a novel--Mirror on the
Floor--which wae published tn 1967 and a book of literary
eritietam=--Al Purdy which wae published in 1970. He hae
recently completed a aertea of readings tn Eastern Canada
and on Vancouver Taland, Selectiona of hia poetry ean be
found tn two major Canadtan anthologieae-l15 Canadiun Poets
and Poets of Contemporary Canada 1960-1970.

EVERYONE WELCOME

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATIONS, DouGLAS COLLEGE

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