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Virtual Poetry Reading and Conversation with Kama La Mackerel

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Please join Carleton University Art Gallery and Venus Envy for a virtual reading and conversation with Kama La Mackerel, in celebration of the publication of their debut poetry collection, ZOM-FAM.

ZOM-FAM emerges from a creative process in spoken word and live performance, mythologizing a queer/trans narrative of and for Kama La Mackerel’s home island, Mauritius.

Composed of expansive lyric poems, ZOM-FAM (meaning “man-woman” or “transgender” in Mauritian Kreol) is a voyage into the coming of age of a gender-creative child growing up in the 80s and 90s on the plantation island, as they seek vocabularies for loving and honouring their queer/trans self amidst the legacy of colonial silences.

Anna Shah Hoque will introduce the event, La Mackerel will read from ZOM-FAM and Cara Tierney will moderate a Q&A.

This event is co-presented with Venus Envy, where you can purchase ZOM-FAM. It can also be purchased through Metonymy Press.

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Nov 25, 2020 07:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Nov 25, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: Virtual Poetry Reading and Conversation with Kama La Mackerel Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZdYOVCNnQaKrOrwOaG_88A After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Kama La Mackerel ((they/them) ) is a Montreal-based Mauritian-Canadian multi-disciplinary artist, educator, community-arts facilitator, and literary translator who works within and across performance, photography, installations, textiles, digital art, and literature. They have exhibited and performed their work internationally and their writing in English, French, and Kreol has appeared in publications both online and in print. Anna Shah Hoque ((she/her) ) is a PhD candidate in the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, University of Ottawa. She recently curated To be Continued: Troubling the Queer Archive at Carleton University Art Gallery. Cara Tierney ((they/them) ) is an artist, a PhD candidate in the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Arts, and Culture at Carleton University, a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa. They recently curated To be Continued: Troubling the Queer Archive at Carleton University Art Gallery.

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