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Gender Failure: Multimedia show and book launch by Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon

Verses Festival just one of many local events celebrating National Poetry Month

“Gender Failure”, a multimedia show and book launch by Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon, is just one of the many poetry events taking place during National Poetry Month at Verses Festival of Words.

Oil sands opponents slam Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline with poetry

Poets gathered outside Enbridge’s offices Friday evening, for the launch of a book compiling poetic responses to the company’s controversial oil sands pipeline.