Sean Michaels is the author of three books, including Us Conductors, winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and Do You Remember Being Born?, which was one of CBC’s Best Books of 2023. His non-fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Guardian, and Pitchfork. Sean is a recipient of the Hugh MacLennan Prize and the Grand Prix Numix, and he has been nominated for the Dublin Literary Award and the Prix des libraires. Born in Scotland, Sean lives in Montreal.
Synopsis
Do You Remember Being Born?
Sean Michaels' luminous new novel takes readers on a lyrical joy ride—seven, epic days in Silicon Valley with a tall, formidable poet (inspired by the real-life Marianne Moore) and her unusual new collaborator, an artificial intelligence just one month old. Both a love letter to and interrogation of the nature of language, art, labour, capital, family, and community, Do You Remember Being Born? is Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Sean Michaels’s empathetic response to some of the most disquieting questions of our time.
Do you remember being born?
Sessions in which Sean Michaels participates
Friday 26 April, 2024
Saturday 27 April, 2024
Sessions in which Sean Michaels attends
Thursday 25 April, 2024
Both of these collections embody the selves we see reflected in humanity and the natural world. From love and desire to environmental collapse and capitalism, we journey deep in the natural (dis)order of things with Jake Byrne and Meghan Kemp-Gee.
Saturday 27 April, 2024
Decisive encounters, ravages of weather, and quests for truth and justice are some of the elements we confront in these magnificent works. Join our four authors as they share what we don't always see on the page."
