Come celebrate the launch of Billeh Nickerson’s smart, sweet, and saucy new collection of poetry.
Featuring special guests:
AMBER DAWN (How Poetry Saved My Life, Sub Rosa)
LEAH HORLICK (Riot Lung)
DANIEL ZOMPARELLI (Davie Street Translations, Poetry Is Dead)
Hosted by the incomparable DINA DEL BUCCHIA (Blind Items, Coping with Emotions and Otters).
Doors at 7:00, reading at 7:30
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About ARTIFICIAL CHERRY:
Whether he’s writing about the dignities (or indiginites) of
human anatomy or Colonel Sanders, Billeh approaches his subject with humour, empathy, and a distinctly queer eye.
From Elvis Presley impersonators and glass eyes, to phantom lovers and Anal R.V.s, ARTIFICIAL CHERRY takes the reader on a disarming journey full of tender slice-of-life curiosities and charming roadside attractions.
Nickerson’s poems are glittering rhinestones bedazzled on the
tight jumpsuit of Canadian literature.
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About BILLEH NICKERSON:
BILLEH NICKERSON is the author of the poetry collections The Asthmatic Glassblower, McPoems and Impact: The Titanic Poems. He is also the author of the humour collection Let Me Kiss It Better, and is the co-editor of Seminal:
The Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poets. He performs frequently at literary festivals across Canada, and is Chair of the Creative Writing department at Kwantlen University in Vancouver. He is a silver medalist at the Canadian
Gay Curling Championships. Folllow Billeh on Twitter: @BillehN