Wordfest Oh, Canada Book Club: Lorna Crozier
Wordfest Oh, Canada Book Club: Lorna Crozier
Thursday, March 19, 2015 • 7pm
Glenbow – 130 9 Ave SE, Calgary
GLENBOW MEMBERS $10 / GENERAL $12
For more information or to purchase tickets, please call the Glenbow at 403 268 4110.
Join renowned Canadian poet Lorna Crozier for a reading and discussion of her book The Book of Marvels: A Compendium of Everyday Things.
In a series of playful and startling prose meditations, celebrated writer Lorna Crozier brings her rapt attention to the small matter of household objects: everything from doorknobs, washing machines, rakes, and zippers to the kitchen sink. Operating as a sort of literary detective, she examines the mystery of the everyday, seeking the essence of each object. She offers tantalizing glimpses of the household's inhabitants, too, probing hearts, brains, noses, and navels. Longing, exuberance, and grief colour her reflections, which at times take on the tenor of folktales or parables.
Each of the short portraits in The Book of Marvels stands alone, but the connections are intricate; as in life, each object gains meaning from its juxtaposition with others. Crozier approaches her investigations with a childlike curiosity, an adult bemusement, and an unfailing sense of metaphor and mischief. With both charm and mordant wit, she animates the panoply of wonders to be found everywhere around us and inside us.
This event is presented in partnership with Glenbow and the Calgary-wide exhibit, Oh, Canada: Contemporary Art from North America, a three month festival of art from January 31 to April 26, 2015. Visit www.OhCanadaYYC.com for information about what’s on view at each gallery, artist biographies and up-to-date details about this unprecedented city-wide arts event.
