Lunch Poems at SFU | Miranda Pearson and Meredith Quartermain

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Featured Poets

Miranda Pearson’s poetry has been published widely in literary journals and anthologies: most recently The Bright Well, poetry about cancer; and Forcefield, BC Women Poets. She is the author of three books of poetry: Prime, The Aviary, and Harbour. In 2010 Harbour was nominated for a BC book prize.  

The latest collection in progress relates to a personal experience of navigating illness and death, and branches out to a wider quest for renewal emerging from ruin. The working title is Could I Live Here.

 “Pearson’s gift for marrying the natural image with human error is amazing.” - The Malahat Review

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Teck Gallery in SFU’s Harbour Centre Campus 515 West Hasting Street, Vancouver, BC

Meredith Quartermain is a poet of the city, often compared to George Bowering and Daphne Marlatt. Critics have called her a "spellbinding phrasemaker" whose poetry is "daring," "cinematic in scope" and "fearlessly droll." Her books include: Vancouver Walking, winner of a BC Book Award for poetry; Recipes from the Red Planet, a BC Book Award finalist; and Nightmarker, a Vancouver Book Award finalist. Last Fall, she served as the Vancouver Public Library Writer in Residence. This Fall, her first novel, Rupert's Land: a novel, will be published.