Eight accomplished poets working in distinctive styles will appear as both guest readers and peer critics in this unique lecture-reading series hosted by Margaret Christakos.  Each poet's critique of a colleague's work will be followed with a reading by the poet under discussion. A group discussion led by Christakos will follow. Students will accumulate critical vocabulary to discuss more fluently the divergences of approach, motive, process and product typical of Toronto's multitraditional literary culture. The texts under discussion will be available at the first class for $120.

Fall 2009 guest line-up:                                                                                                                                     Ronna Bloom, Christopher Doda, Kate Eichhorn, Nathaniel G. Moore, Lisa Robertson, Trish Salah, and Jacqueline Turner