Creative writing in Vancouver's downtown eastside
July 23, 2013 by Elee
We launched our 6th book, The Stanza Project on June 29, 2013 at the Brickhouse. Our collaborator, architect Mark Proosten, flew in from his home in The Netherlands to celebrate with the people he has been working with throughout the year. It was a warm reunion and very exciting for us all. Thanks to all… Continue reading The Stanza Project Launch
June 6, 2013 by Elee
Join us for a celebration and selected readings from our perfect-bound, 108 page beauty! Wed, June 19, 2013, doors at 8pm Brickhouse Bar, 730 Main St, Vancouver Accessible, free, all welcome The Stanza Project is our 6th book of creative writing by Downtown Eastside writers and is a collaboration with Dutch architect MLP Proosten.… Continue reading The Stanza Project launches!
May 23, 2012 by Elee
When John Asfour was in town to launch V6A he joined us in class to read his poem, “Moving.” We wrote off one of the lines that began with the phrase, “take the windows.” Recently I sent our written “sketches” to our partner, architect Mark Proosten. He posted this little message on the Stanza… Continue reading Stanza Project Writing Rebounds from Netherlands
January 20, 2012 by Elee
The Stanza Project stanza: n., an arrangement or grouping of lines within a poem. Origin: Italian. room, station, stopping place. This spring we launch The Stanza Project, an international collaboration between Belgian architecture firm MLP Proosten and Vancouver’s Thursdays Writing Collective. As residents of the Downtown Eastside (DTES) members of TWC recognize and confront systematic… Continue reading The Stanza Project – an intro to our pilot project for spring 2012