Tara Azadmard

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What we heard about poetry

EIC October 1, 2012

Rachel Rose and John Barton celebrate the launch of their new books of poetry.  By Tara Azadmard Photos by Mark Burnham “Something that really draws me in writing is saying what is not supposed to be said. Breaking silence, breaking taboos,” says Rachel Rose at the launch of her third book of poetry: Song and Spectacle. At least 60 people cozied up on Sept. 23 together in a jam-packed room at The Beaumont Studios on West 5th to celebrate. Rachel Rose, former mentor at The Writers Studio at SFU, describes poetry as her first love, despite not having a preferred…

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TO/FROM: 100 years of railways and racism

EIC September 24, 2012

The Vancouver International Centre for Asian Arts combines art with history By Tara Azadmard Photos by James Crookall On Friday, Sept.14, the Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, or Centre A, as it is more casually known, celebrated the…

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