Department of English

The English Department MA program was delighted to welcome George Bowering, one of Canada’s most distinguished, prolific, and influential writers, as its distinguished speaker this past week. On March 14. he entertained the audience with his thoughtful (and often hilarious) reflections on the key moments, principally from childhood, that just may have contributed to his choice of the writing life.

Many in attendance took the opportunity to hear more from Bowering, joining the crowd on Friday evening for the joint reading by Bowering and Ryerson poet and professor Dale Smith.  Both authors tantalized the standing-room-only audience with some of their most recent work, including unpublished works as well as excerpts from Bowering's collection Teeth (2013).

George Bowering is a Vancouver-based fiction writer, scholar and poet. Canada's first Poet Laureate, and two-time winner of the Governor General's Award, Bowering is the author of over 100 books. His most recent works include Pinboy (2012), an erotic pseudo-memoir of youth,  and Words, Words, Words (2012). Dale Smith is the author of Black Stone (2007) and American Rambler (2000), among other works.