Louise Halfe has listened with reverent attention to the beautiful, strong voices of her Cree grandmothers, and has allowed her own voice to dance with theirs. Exuberant, disturbing, and always deeply moving, the resulting poems roar, whisper, shout, and sing on the page.
In celebration of the longest day of the year and National Aboriginal Day, the Ottawa International Writers Festival along with the National Capital Commission host an evening of exceptional literary talent featuring your Parliamentary Poet Laureate, George Elliott Clarke of the Eastern Woodland Metis Nation of Nova Scotia. Joining him is Algonquin Elder, poet and artist Albert Dumont, Cree poet Louise Bernice Halfe (Skydancer), Tuscarora poet and playwright Daniel David Moses and Mohawk poet and spoken word artist Janet Marie Rogers. All are welcome.
