Leanne Betasamosake Simpson reads from her work with special guests Canisia Lubrin and Junie Désil. Hosted by Billy-Ray Belcourt.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer and artist, who has been widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation. Her work breaks open the intersections between politics, story and song—bringing audiences into a rich and layered world of sound, light, and sovereign creativity.
Open to everyone, including the UBC community and the general public.
Registration required.
About the Special Guests
Canisia Lubrin
Canisia Lubrin is the author of three books: Voodoo Hypothesis, The Dyzgraphxst and Code Noir (Knopf 2024). Her honours include a 2021 Windham-Campbell Prize, OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, Griffin Poetry Prize, and Derek Walcott Prize. Lubrin has held fellowships at Civitella Ranieri, Literature Colloquium Berlin, and the Banff Centre. She is Asst. Professor and the coordinator of the University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA in the School of English & Theatre Studies. She is poetry editor at McClelland & Stewart/PRH.
Photo by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Junie Désil
Junie Désil is a poet. Born of immigrant (Haitian) parents on the Traditional Territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka in the island known as Tiohtià:ke (Montréal), raised in Treaty 1 Territory (Winnipeg). Junie’s debut poetry collection Eat Salt|Gaze at the Ocean (TalonBooks, 2020) was a finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Junie currently lives on the traditional territories of the Homalco, Tla’amin and Klahoose where she is currently working on a forthcoming poetry collection.
Photo by Joy Unagaebu
