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Margaret Avison reading “Thaw” – Sir George Williams University, January 27, 1967

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Margaret Avison reading “Thaw” – Sir George Williams University, January 27, 1967

McLeod, Katherine (2020) Margaret Avison reading “Thaw” – Sir George Williams University, January 27, 1967. SPOKENWEBLOG .

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Abstract

This Audio of the Week features Margaret Avison reading “Thaw” on Friday January 27, 1967, at Sir George Williams University (now Concordia). “Thaw” is a poem that feels right for this spring day – when patches of snow are melting beside tulip buds sprouting up from the ground. But, this year, the arrival of spring feels bittersweet. At the time when we are usually released from the solitude of winter, we have been forced into self-isolation by the spread of the virus COVID-19. For now, we stay at home and stay apart. It is a sense of detachment that also permeates Avison’s poems, written so often from the perspective of a removed observer.

Divisions:Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > English
Item Type:Article
Refereed:No
Authors:McLeod, Katherine
Editors:Camlot, Jason
Contributors:McLeod, Katherine and Avison, Margaret (Author, Author of dialog)
Journal or Publication:SPOKENWEBLOG
Date:30 March 2020
Projects:
  • The SpokenWeb: conceiving and creating a nationally networked archive of literary recordings for research and teaching
Funders:
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Keywords:1976, Katherine McLeod, Margaret Avison, SGW Reading Series, thaw, poetry, modern poetry, poetry reading, audio, literary audio, modernism
ID Code:991044
Deposited By: Alexandra Sweny
Deposited On:01 Oct 2022 21:31
Last Modified:01 Oct 2022 21:31
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