Left to right: 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize winner Billy-Ray Belcourt with prize founder Scott Griffin and poet Susan Howe.
Poet and academic Paul Vermeersch joins Elamin to unpack how the recent changes to the Griffin Poetry Prize might impact the visibility of Canadian poets on the international stage The Griffin Poetry Prize is one of Canada's most prestigious prizes for national and international poetry.However, back in 2022, the Griffin Poetry Prize announced a big structural change.
To unpack how this change might negatively affect the visibility of Canadian poets on the international literary stage, poet and academic Paul Vermeersch joins host Elamin Abdelmahmoud on Commotion., which was translated from Spanish, and written by Mexican poet Homero Aridjis. Emilie Moorhouse is honoured for, which was translated from French, and written by Egyptian-French writer Joyce Mansour.
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