JUNO-Award-Winning Dub Poet Lillian Allen to Give VIU Gustafson Lecture and Reading
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=0D=0A=Dub poetry emerged out of the 1960s Jamaican reggae scene to articulate the joy and protest of Black people; and Canadian poet Lillian Allen, the “godmother of dub,” was at the forefront of that international movement. Allen has been chosen as the 2020-21 Gustafson Distinguished Poet, and will give the Gustafson Lecture on February 11, 2021.
=0D=0A=Lillian Allen’s first album of poetry with music, Revolutionary Tea Party (1986), and her second, Conditions Critical (1989), both won Juno Awards. Allen has published several groundbreaking books of poetry – including Rhythm An’ Hardtimes (a Canadian best seller), Psychic Unrest, and Women Do This Everyday. Her multidisciplinary work for young people includes three books: Why Me, If You See Truth, and Nothing But a Hero. Allen has also written plays and books for children, and co-produced and co-directed Blak Wi Blak, a film documentary on Jamaican dub poet Mutabaruka. She was a driving force in the in the 2003 founding of the Canadian dub poetry movement alongside Afua Cooper, Klyde Broox, Chet Singh, Clifton Joseph, and d’bi young anitafrika; and in 2004 she hosted Wordbeat, a CBC Radio program on poetry and spoken word. A collection of new and selected works, Make the World New, edited by Ronald Cummings, is due out this summer (2021) from Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
=0D=0A=Allen will deliver this year’s Gustafson Lecture online. She will also conduct a student-oriented reading and Q&A that will be open to the VIU community.
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