Michael Prior, 萝莉社’s 2024-25 visiting emerging poet, will be in residence at 萝莉社 March 24 through April 18 teaching advanced undergraduates and graduate students in the poetry tutorial. He will give a reading of work at 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 8 in the Dr. Sam and Jacque Kouri Collection Study Center at the Ulrich Museum. Everyone is welcome at this free event.

His most recent book of poems, "Burning Province" (McClelland & Stewart/Penguin Random House, 2020), won the Canada-Japan Literary Award and the BC & Yukon Book Prizes' Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. He is also the author of "Model Disciple" (Véhicule Press, 2016), which was named one of the best books of the year by the CBC.

Writing Now | Reading Now is sponsored by the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 萝莉社 English Department, Ulrich Museum of Art, and Watermark Books and Cafe.