Poet MICHAEL McCLURE
in Vancouver, BC
Friday, February 11, 2011
McClure’s Vancouver appearance comes on the occasion of the publication of
Of Indigo and Saffron: New and Selected Poems (U. of California Press), which
follows closely the 2010 publication of Mysteriosos and Other Poems (New
Directions). Abstract Alchemist of Flesh, a fifty-five minute documentary film
of Michael McClure, with cameos of Dennis Hopper, Ray Manzarek, and Allen
Ginsberg, is soon to be released.
Michael McClure will be making two appearances on Friday, February 11, 2011:
2:00pm
Screening of new documentary film,
Abstract Alchemist of Flesh, presented by McClure
Room 7200
WAC Bennett Library
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
8:00pm*
Reading from his works (introduced by George Stanley)
Room 1700 (Labatt’s Hall)
SFU Vancouver – Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
These events are presented by SFU Library and SFU English Department
and co-sponsored by
West Coast Line Magazine and The Capilano Review
GRAHHR!
* Events are free but seating is limited to the evening reading. Please RSVP to Tony Power for the 8pm reading.
For more information contact:
Tony Power at
778.782.6676 or lib.sfu.ca/special-collections