
Journeys of Self-Discovery: Billy-Ray Belcourt & Tyler Pennock
Billy-Ray Belcourt, Tyler Pennock and Jennifer Alicia Murrin
Journeys of Self-Discovery: Billy-Ray Belcourt & Tyler Pennock
Billy-Ray Belcourt, Tyler Pennock and Jennifer Alicia Murrin
9:00pm
Monday, October 26
45 mins
Prepare to feel moved by two of Canada’s most highly anticipated debut authors. Driftpile Cree Nation poet and youngest winner of the Griffin Prize, Billy-Ray Belcourt, presents A History of my Brief Body, accounting his personal history and reconciliation with the world he was born into. Two-spirit Cree-Métis poet, Tyler Pennock, presents Bones, a collection of poems about moving through shadows toward strength and awareness. These coming-of-age memoirs of hope and survival sprouting from trauma, will leave you inspired.
Interviewer: Jennifer Alicia Murrin
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Prepare to feel moved by two of Canada’s most highly anticipated debut authors. Driftpile Cree Nation poet and youngest winner of the Griffin Prize, Billy-Ray Belcourt, presents A History of my Brief Body, accounting his personal history and reconciliation with the world he was born into. Two-spirit Cree-Métis poet, Tyler Pennock, presents Bones, a collection of poems about moving through shadows toward strength and awareness. These coming-of-age memoirs of hope and survival sprouting from trauma, will leave you inspired.
Interviewer: Jennifer Alicia Murrin
English captioning is available for this video. Please click the ‘CC’ button in the video toolbar to turn it on.