The Relevance of Poetry

Mar 24, 1975
Field:

Talk

Location:

Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front

Description:

The Relevance of Poetry was a panel discussion organized by Stan Persky with Robin Blaser, George Bowering, and George Stanley. The talk took place on a set in the Grand Luxe Hall that was built to resemble a living room. Over the course of the three-and-a-half-hour event, the writers took turns responding to, defining, and problematizing contemporary poetics and critical theory while answering to their own work.

Video documentation is available upon request.

Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.