“WOMEN POETS IN CANADIAN HISTORY”

“WOMEN POETS IN CANADIAN HISTORY” AGM SESSION, LCP FEMINIST CAUCUS
Deadline: November 15, 2006. To help celebrate 25 years as part of The League of Canadian Poets, the Feminist Caucus invites proposals for 10-15 minute presentations for a session on "Women Poets in Canadian History", to be held at the League's AGM in Edmonton in June 2007.

The presentation can take whatever form you like -- prose, poetry, performance, etc. -- but should address women poets/poems published before 1950.

You could propose to present on an early poet (i.e. Pauline Johnson as performance poet). Or you could adopt a poet: who are your early mentors? Or you could rescue an unknown voice and present her to a contemporary audience. Has an early Canadian poet ever possessed you, called you to respond? Talk back, take on her persona and perform your/her poetry.

Some early fore-mothers (and their poetry) from the 19th century are listed on the National Archives Website:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/canversbin/finder?
mode=browse&clctn_nbr=1&terms=&element_nbr=2&page_rows=200)

The proposal should be around 200 words long, and sent to in the body of an e- mail (no attachments, please), or mailed to: Kathy Mac and Jennifer Boire, co/ Department of English, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB E3B 2W6