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AL PURDY

THURSDAY, 28 Marcu 1974
12 To 2 pm -- SurREY 4-ROoOM COMPLEX

As George Woodeock says, Al Purdy is a philosophical poet.
He ts at the same time an accesstble poet because he is
very much a poet of everyday experience, though when he
ts at his best this experience undergoes a poette change

from the banal to the truly stgntficant.

Because Purdy's experience ts Canadian experience, his
poetry ts Canadian poetry. He places his experience--
Canadtan expertence--into the realm of significant human
experience, not the category of national experience, thus
avotding the easy sentimentality of Canadian nationalism

and the tin-plated vacuity of a Pterre Berton.

Finally, Purdy ts an engaging personality and a good
performer. He reads his own poetry very well. I believe
that anyone who can be present at this reading will be

glad he has come.

EVERYONE WELCOME

NO ADMISSION CHARGE

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATIONS, DOUGLAS COLLEGE