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
Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
Reading / Lecture
Drew Lavigne (Performer)
Paul Bossé (Performer)
Jake Byrne (Performer)
Meghan Kemp-Gee (Performer)
Dyane Léger (Performer)
Andréane Frenette-Vallières (Performer)
Marie Darsigny (Performer)
Sean Michaels (Performer)
Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
Sean Michaels (Speaker)
Brandon Taylor (Speaker)
Khalil Akhtar (Moderator)
Allan Cooper (Performer)
Sessions in which Sean Michaels attends
Centre culturel Aberdeen - 2nd Floor | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
In-Conversation Event / Entretien
Vanessa Moeller, Frye Festival (Moderator)
Meghan Kemp-Gee (Speaker)
Jake Byrne (Speaker)
Danny Jacobs (Performer)
Centre culturel Aberdeen - 2nd Floor | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
In-Conversation Event / Entretien
Marie Darsigny (Speaker)
Andréane Frenette-Vallières (Speaker)
Fernande Chouinard (Performer)
Noémie Avidar (Moderator)
Centre culturel Aberdeen - Bernard-LeBlanc Hall | Aberdeen Cultural Centre
In-Conversation Event / Entretien
Michel Jean (Speaker)
Mikella Nicol (Speaker)
Luba Markovskaia (Speaker)
Michael Crummey (Speaker)
Arianne Des Rochers, Université de Moncton (Moderator)
Thomas Williams House
In-Conversation Event / Entretien
Gillian Sze (Speaker)
Luba Markovskaia (Speaker)
Sonya Malaborza, Éditions Prise de parole (Moderator)
Rhonda Bulmer (Performer)