Poets in Dundas Square

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Sunday, September 3, 2006

It takes a world to fill Dundas Square with poets! Diaspora Dialogues brings writers from around the world to a 12-hour poetry reading. Dundas Square will be full of poets from around the world on Sunday, September 3rd when World Jam launches.This 12-hour marathon of poetry readings will draw together 50 writers from the many backgrounds and cultures present in Toronto. It takes place from noon to midnight at the corner of Yonge Street and Dundas Street.

Molly Peacock, George Elliot Clarke, Afua Cooper, Stuart Ross, Teenah Edan, Laila Haidarali, Sheng Xue, Sean Isaac, Amatoritsero Ede, Sonnet L’Abbé, Daniel David Moses and others will each read and perform their works throughout the day and into the evening.

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