The Crime of Poetry: George Elliott Clarke in Conversation with Wayde Compton and Kevin McNeilly

Abstract:

In the summer of 2002, George Elliott Clarke taught a graduate seminar as part of the University of British Columbia’s Noted Scholar program. This interview consists of excerpts from a conversation, sponsored by Canadian Literature, in front of an audience at Green College, UBC, in late July 2002.


This article “The Crime of Poetry: George Elliott Clarke in Conversation with Wayde Compton and Kevin McNeilly” originally appeared in Black Writing in Canada. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 182 (Autumn 2004): 53-64.

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