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Unceded Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver)

*CANCELLED*Kelly Pflug-Back's Book Launch and Poetry Night w/ guests

Poetry and a Presentation on the G20 Repression and Women's Prisons


7:30pm
 - 10:00pm
Wednesday April 24 2013

Venue: SPARTACUS BOOKS
Address: 684 E Hastings St
Cost: By donation, no one turned away
Accessibility: : Spartacus Books is on the ground/street level. Both the outer door and the bathroom door are 800mm (31.49 inches) in width. In the bathroom, there is one bar directly to the left of the toilet and one bar directly behind it. The inside of Spartacus is all one level except for a slight bump (about 1mm in height) close to the back. If thre is other information needed to make this event more accessible for you, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the organizers and we will do our best to create an accessible environment.

***Sorry to announce, but Kelly wasn't able to get to Vancouver and this event is cancelled/postponed until September*** 

Recently released from prison, award winning poet Kelly Pflug-Back will be at Spartacus Books on unceded Coast Salish land to launch her wonderful book of poetry These Burning Streets (Combustion Books) and to talk about her recent first hand experiences in prison.

Join us for performances and readings by Kelly as well as Adelenedelasoulpoet (Adelenedasoulpoet is who I be/I’m the descendent of the Black Pioneers/On Salt Spring Island B.C./The matriarchs have instilled in me/The importance of my poetry/To keep our history alive!/Women we move forward with strength, pride and grace!) and Reg Johanson, a writer and teacher in Grandview-Woodlands, CST, plus one or two more poets and friends!

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The name of this collection of poetry is no mere hyperbole. When the G-20 met in Toronto, Canada in 2010 behind armed thugs and fortress walls to discuss the fate of the world, Kelly Pflug-Back was among those who took to the streets to counter it with the militancy that the situation demanded. The cops dragged her off and tormented her in jail for a month while the government attempted to frame her as the leader of the infamously leaderless Black Bloc. Many of her charges were dropped, but she pleaded guilty to the destruction of several police cars and corporate storefronts and awaits sentencing. She was sentenced to fifteen months behind bars for daring to be free, for writing her poetry with action and words alike. Every dollar received by the publisher from the sale of this volume will go to aid her in her struggle against the state.

http://www.combustionbooks.org/products-page/poetry/these-burning-streets/

Links to Kelly's work: http://kellypflugback.wordpress.com/these-burning-streets/

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Kelly Pflug-Back is an award winning poet, journalist and social activist who was recently released from prison for G20 protest-related charges

Organizer:newyearbash@riseup.net

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