WHAT: The Single Onion reading series presents an evening of poetry with Jessica Hiemstra-van der Horst. The featured readings will be preceded by an open mic. Please come early to sign up if you are interested in reading for the open mic.
WHEN: Thursday, October 20th, at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Auburn Saloon, #163 115 9th Ave SE
COST: FREE!
About the Reader:
Jessica Hiemstra-van der Horst is a visual artist and writer. Her work has appeared in several Canadian journals, including Descant, Room, Arc, and The Malahat Review. Her poems have also been anthologized in Approaches to Poetry: the pre-poem moment.
Her first book of poems, Apologetic for Joy, is a lush collection from a unique new voice whose palette of subject matter ranges from artistic anatomy to dislocation. Hiemstra-van der Horst's poems reveal a sensual awareness and an imaginative escape into intricately woven poetic worlds, rich in sensual detail and metaphor. Her gentler sketches of quotidian moments peel away to reveal an artist and poet whose careful observations of the world undertake the difficult translation to page and canvas.
"‘No one,’ Jessica Hiemstra van-der Host claims, ‘has ‘the reins on radiance,' but she is a poet stepping into the sun, wielding a magnifying glass. Her voice is a beam that sings and dazzles, and these are poems to set heart ablaze." — Sachiko Murakami, author of The Invisibility Exhibit
Single Onion happens the third Thursday of the month, ten times a year. Our event schedule can always be found at: http://thesingleonion.blogspot.com
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We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, The League of Canadian Poets and Calgary Arts Development.
