Monday, August 11, 2008

Rhea Tregebov on "In Other Words" August 12, 2 p.m.

The next instalment of the radio show "In Other Words" is on Tuesday, August 12th
from 2 p.m - 3 p.m. CKLN 88.1 FM or go online to www.ckln.fm and click "listen live."
Host: Myna Wallin

Poet, editor and Professor of Creative Writing, Rhea Tregebov will read from and discuss
(alive): Selected and new poems (Wolsak and Wynn, 2004).

Rhea Tregebov won the Pat Lowther Award with her very first collection of poetry,
Remembering History ('82), and has since published four more collections of her poetry,
five children's picture books and is the editor of nine anthologies of essays, poetry, and
fiction. She is currently working as a Professor in the Creative Writing Program at the
University of British Columbia, specializing in poetry and translation.

Anne Michaels describes Rhea's poems as "deeply compassionate" and "the clarity of her voice deeply moving." Rhea is just in from UBC briefly, for her reading at The Art Bar Poetry Series. So this is a special treat. Please tune in!

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