Description
Join for a night of poetry with visiting poet Grace, author of Be Water, who will be joined by fellow poets Mercedes Eng and Estlin McPhee. This event is free, but please RSVP here as capacity is limited.
Be Water is a meditation on change — on what happens when life pulls you from the city’s constant current into quieter, slower waters. In these poems, water becomes both vessel and mirror, reflecting how we adapt, how we hold grief and joy at once, and how we learn, finally, to flow.
Through its emotional clarity, wry humour, and precise lyricism, Be Water is an exploration of identity that is both culturally grounded and universally resonant. It is a collection about becoming and unbecoming, about the histories we carry and the futures we dare to imagine, and about learning to move through the world — like water — with strength, grace, and unstoppable persistence.
More about Upstart & Crow:
Upstart & Crow is a not-for-profit creative studio and literary incubator that champions writers, readers and stories, and the role they play in shaping our lives. We develop original programs, support artists and revel in creative projects focused on Literature In Translation, Climate Solutions, Poetry, Civic Dialogue, Community & Skills Building, all with the aim of elevating the role of literature and storytelling in our lives. Find us on Granville Island, Gibsons and online.
Accessibility:
The main studio of our shop is accessible for folks with mobility aids. There is a washroom on the main floor available for attendees. As part of disability justice and community care for the chronically ill, vulnerable and elderly, we ask that you refrain from attending if you feel sick.
Questions: hello[at]upstartandcrow.com.
