Drew Lavigne is the Poet Laureate of Moncton, New Brunswick. A member of the
editorial board at The Fiddlehead and host of the Attic Owl reading series. Recent work has appeared in Vallum: Contemporary Poetry, Tourniquet Magazine, and is forthcoming in Chorus with Productions Rhizome.
Photo credit: Annie France Noël
Sessions in which Drew Lavigne participates
Friday 2 May, 2025
In this discussion I will explore two complimenting versions of the Canadian poet from Northrop Frye and Margaret Atwood and consider their continuing relevance for artists in the Maritimes. In Canada and Its Poetry Northrop Frye asserts “The colonial position is therefore the frostbite at the roots of the Canadian Imagination, and it produces a disease for which I think the best name is prudery.” And in The Paralyzed Artist Atwood sta...