Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) XLIV
Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) XLIV
The most diverse poetry reading and open mic in Toronto
At Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) we don’t just wait for diversity to happen: we actively invite it.
Featured poets: Aparna Halpé & David Clink
Host: Bänoo Zan
Time: Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Place: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St., Toronto, ON M6G 2L8
Doors open 6:15 p.m.
Open-mic sign-up 6:30 p.m.
Show 7 p.m.
Admission: $5
Aparna Halpé is a Sri Lankan poet, musician and scholar living in Toronto. She holds a doctorate in postcolonial literature from the Department of English and the Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Toronto. Aparna's research focuses on the function of myth in contemporary fiction from South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean. She is the author of a collection of poems, Precarious (2013), and is currently co-editor, with Michael Ondaatje, of a trilingual edition of the collected works of the twentieth century Sri Lankan poet Lakdasa Wikkramasinha. Aparna is currently a professor in the Department of English and ESL at Centennial College, Toronto.
David Clink has three collections of poetry (four if you include The Role of Lightning in Evolution – Chizine Publications – September 2016). He hosts and organizes the annual Dead Poets Society Night in Toronto. His poem, “A sea monster tells his story” won the Aurora Award for Best Poem/Song, in 2013.