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Dear Colleagues--<div><br></div><div>I am writing to invite you to a free poetry reading by UW English alumnus George Elliott Clarke (BA 1984), renowned poet, 2002 Governor General’s Award-winner (for <i>Execution Poems</i>), and author of numerous plays, poetry collections, scholarly texts, and a novel, <i>George and Rue</i> (2005).</div><div><br></div><div>In addition to being a poet, playwright and literary critic Clarke is the E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto. He taught English and Canadian Studies at Duke University (1994-1999). During 1998-99 he was appointed the Visiting Seagrams Chair in Canadian Studies at McGill University, then became professor of English at the U. of T. in 1999, before being appointed E.J. Pratt Professor in 2003.</div><div><br></div><div>The reading will begin at 7:00 pm in the Hagey Hall Theatre of the Humanities on Friday, September 17th, and there will be a book signing afterwards. Please come and join us in celebration of 50 years of English at the University of Waterloo.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Fraser</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dr. Fraser Easton</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Associate Professor and Chair</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Department of English Language and Literature</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">University of Waterloo</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Waterloo, Ont. N2L 3G1</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Canada</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">519-888-4567 x 33359</div></div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>