A National Poetry Month Event at Historic Kogawa House
When: Friday, April 25, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Where: Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 West 64th Avenue, Vancouver
Cost: By donation
Space is limited. To secure a seat, please RSVP by emailing kogawahouse@yahoo.ca
Wine and cheese will be served.
British Columbia composer Leslie Uyeda presents the world premieres of two song cycles set to five of Joy Kogawa's most exquisite poems: Stations of Angels (performed by soprano Heather Pawsey and flutist Kathryn Cernauskas) and Offerings (performed by Heather Pawsey and pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa), both works composed composed especially for these artists. Poets Joy Kogawa, Heidi Greco, Marion Quednau, and Vancouver's poet laureate George McWhirter will read from their works.
The evening will conclude with the Vancouver Public Library's awarding of Ms Kogawa the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award for an outstanding literary career related to British Columbia.
This National Poetry Month event takes place in Joy Kogawa's childhood home, a place representative of the many confiscated properties owned by Canadians of Japanese descent who were interned during the Second World War. After a hard-fought effort to save the house from demolition, the tiny bungalow is being restored and will host a writer-in-residence program. Proceeds from The Language of Music, the Music of Words will fund the honorarium for the first writer to live and work at the house,
beginning in March 2009.
www.kogawahouse.com
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