Western Front and The Capilano Review are pleased to present the next event in our monthly reading series Dear Friends &. Join us for an evening of poetry by Tina Do, Rhoda Rosenfeld, and Gerry Shikatani, hosted by Deanna Fong.
Tina Do is a poet based on the unceded traditional and ancestral territories of the Səlil̓wətaɬ, Skwxwú7mesh, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm, and xʷməθkwəy̓əm Nations (Vancouver, Canada). Her poetry, which delves into themes of introspection, love, relationships, and reflects on oft-inconsequential minutiae of life, grapples with questions such as: what does it mean to love the people and places around us? You can find her work in The /tƐmz/ Review, Best Canadian Poetry, Canadian Literature, Room Magazine, and Canthius.
Rhoda Rosenfeld is a visual artist and poet born in Tio’tia’ke/Mooniyang (Montréal, Canada), and based on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ Nations (Vancouver, Canada). Her work attends to perception, consciousness, behaviour, transformation, chance, and the indivisible.
Gerry Shikatani is a writer based in Toronto, Canada. Since 1970, his works have ranged from the textual, visual, aural, performance to experimental film. He is the co-editor of the seminal anthology of Japanese-Canadian poetry Paper Doors (1981), and has created documentaries and commentaries for CBC Radio, and published articles on travel, sports, and gastronomy across Canada and abroad. An international dining critic and commentator and expert on all things Spanish, Shikatani is the founding director of a writers retreat in Granada, Spain honouring Federico Garcia-Lorca. He holds Spain’s Official Cross in the Order of Civilian Merit granted by The King of Spain.
The Grand Luxe Hall is located on the second floor of Western Front, which is accessed by a flight of 26 stairs. While plans for a full building upgrade to facilitate access for wheelchair and scooter users are still underway, events in the Grand Luxe Hall are made available virtually via high-quality livestream (see link above). Further details about accessibility at Western Front can be found here.
Produced in partnership with The Capilano Review and with support from the BC Arts Council.