{"id":5408,"date":"2021-04-14T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islandstudies.com\/?p=5408"},"modified":"2021-04-14T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:00:00","slug":"news-island-lecture-series-april-2021-celebrating-poetry-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/2021\/04\/14\/news-island-lecture-series-april-2021-celebrating-poetry-month\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Island Lecture Series \u2013 April 2021 \u2013\u00a0Celebrating Poetry Month with Laurie Brinklow, Bren Simmers, and Richard Lemm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ISLAND LECTURE SERIES | APRIL 2021<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\"><strong><strong><em>Celebrating Poetry Month<\/em>: <\/strong><\/strong><br \/><strong><strong>Laurie Brinklow and Bren Simmers in conversation with Richard Lem<\/strong>m<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, April 27, 2021&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;7:00pm \u2013 8:00pm ADT (UTC-3)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/islandstudies.com\/events\/islandlectureseries-april2021\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/islandstudies.com\/files\/2021\/04\/Island-Lecture-Series-April-2021-Square-IG-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5409\" style=\"width:225px;height:225px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/files\/2021\/04\/Island-Lecture-Series-April-2021-Square-IG-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/files\/2021\/04\/Island-Lecture-Series-April-2021-Square-IG-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/files\/2021\/04\/Island-Lecture-Series-April-2021-Square-IG-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/files\/2021\/04\/Island-Lecture-Series-April-2021-Square-IG-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/files\/2021\/04\/Island-Lecture-Series-April-2021-Square-IG.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Our April instalment of the Island Lecture Series celebrates National Poetry Month and features two Prince Edward Island poets in conversation with a third. Laurie Brinklow and Bren Simmers will read from their new books, <em>My Island\u2019s the house I sleep in at night<\/em> (Island Studies Press, 2021) and <em>If, When <\/em>(Gaspereau Press, 2021), in a conversation hosted by Richard Lemm. Topics will range from the role of story, place, and history in their poetry to their own poetic practices, with an opportunity for questions from the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This virtual event is free to attend and all are welcome! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAND LECTURE SERIES | APRIL 2021 Celebrating Poetry Month: Laurie Brinklow and Bren Simmers in conversation with Richard Lemm Tuesday, April 27, 2021&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;7:00pm \u2013 8:00pm ADT (UTC-3) Our April instalment of the Island Lecture Series celebrates National Poetry Month and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/2021\/04\/14\/news-island-lecture-series-april-2021-celebrating-poetry-month\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[56,59,72,89],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}