My new book, The Garden, a poem and essay, launches this Sunday! Join me for the Gordon Hill Press spring launch in collaboration with Knife | Fork | Book on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 3 PM EDT. Hear readings from Roxanna Bennett’s The Untranslatable I, Khashayar Mohammadi’s Me, You, Then Snow, my own book, The Garden, and Concetta Principe’s Stars […]
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I am pleased to have two poems in Issue 4 (2.15.21) of Volume online poetry magazine. The poems printed in this issue are: “The Only Remaining Flower” and “Long Struggle and Float.” Additionally, you can read my interview with Communications and Features Editor [and former student!] Lauren Peat. I hope you’ll take a moment to
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For National Poetry Month, I thought I’d provide you with my hour-long interview with David O’Meara from a few months back for the Ottawa International Writers Festival, in partnership with VerseFest. I’ve also added this to the Audio/Video portion of my website! Enjoy!
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Gordon Hill Press will be publishing my next book in April. The Garden is comprised of a long-form poem, “The Garden in the Midst,” and an essay, “The Poet’s Garden.” I originally composed the work in response to the 1992 L.A. Riots and set it aside for some time. In 2020, with the police murder
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In my role as Toronto’s Poet Laureate, I had the honour of reading my poem, “Exactly Here the Marvel Spoke” at the March 10, 2021 meeting of Toronto City Council. The poem commemorates twelve months of the Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s a video of me reading of the poem, introduced by Mayor John tory: [You can
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Tomorrow, March 10, at approximately 9:30 am, in my role as Toronto’s Poet Laureate, I will present a poem marking one full year of Toronto’s dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. Those who wish to hear me read this live may join by watching the City of Toronto’s Youtube Channel tomorrow, at approximately 9:30am: Please join
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Please join me on March 4, 2021, at 7:30 pm EST [8:30 pm AST] for the Saint Mary’s University Reading Series, Don Domanski: A Celebration. This is a live zoom event dedicated to the poetry of Don Domanski, winner of the Governor General’s Award, the CBC Literary Prize, and the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
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You are cordially invited to HERE IS ELSEWHERE, Literature in Translation on Friday, February 19, 2021, from 7 -8 PM. Together with LUCIANO IACOBELLI, I will discuss and read the poetry of LUDWIG ZELLER. Our moderator will be BEATRIZ HAUSNER. This event will air live on Zoom. Please contact info@attlc-ltac.org via email to register for the link. The
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I am pleased to have Anna Yin’s translation of three of my poems into Chinese appear on WePoetry [January, Vol. 28, 2021.] Yin offers her versions of “A Narrow Silent Throat,” “Every Step was into a New World,” and “Poetry.” This trio appears alongside Yin’s translations of poems by Molly Peacock, Alice Major, and George
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I’m so glad to see As Far As You Know is still top of mind for your 2021 reading lists! Earlier this month, Esteban Rodríguez, Assistant Poetry Editor for AGNI, recommended my book alongside of Joy Priest’s Horsepower as his top reading recommendations for the new year! As Far As You Know by A. F. Moritz: Moritz’s
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I’m pleased that my book, As Far As You Know, has been included in the CBC’s list of Best Books of Canadian Poetry for 2020! Here’s what the CBC had to say about my book: As Far as You Know by A.F. Moritz As Far As You Know is divided into six sections each dealing with a
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Many thanks to Kirby at knife | fork | book for including As Far As You Know in kfb’s year-end round-up. Here’s what Kirby had to say about AFAYK: No better place to begin than the most memorable read of the year, A. F. Moritz’s As Far As You Know (Anansi Poetry) could it be just a matter
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I am beyond thrilled to announce the publication of the Special Edition Hardcover and the Broadsheet of As Far As You Know. Both are on sale now from my publisher, Anansi. This broadsheet features the title poem, “As Far As You Know,” and was printed in an edition of 50 at Coach House for Anansi.
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On Thursday, November 19, at 3:00 pm, I will take part in the Victoria College Faculty Reading series along with colleague and fellow poet, Sarah Dowling. This event will take place via zoom.There is no charge.However, you must pre-register here:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsc-GhqT8vGdwdmA4u91HEx9JizEyKo0n7?fbclid=IwAR3HyOXtnHCl30-lCAEXH1Nk9gIOCdLZKqpGnyTRKbUHdRSQxtBZ53vfQGQ I hope you’ll join me for this event!
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In my role as Toronto’s Poet Laureate, the editors of The Star asked me to read a selection of Haiku composed by Star readers in the wake of the U.S. Presidential Election. Here’s a link to the article as it appeared in The Star on November 4, 2020: U.S. election haiku? We asked and you
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Moritz’s sensibility is unique: melancholic, intellectual, comic, erotic, pitying . . . The emotional content of Moritz’s work is so abundant and accessible that the reader is never lost. National Post Join me on Sunday, November 8, at 2:00, for an online event co-sponsored by The Ottawa International Writers Festival & Versefest2020. I will be
As part of the Toronto International Festival of Authors, I am pleased to introduce you to a new video installation created by the Toronto Writers Collective. The Toronto Writers Collective (TWC) empowers the voices and illuminates the undiscovered strength in Toronto’s most vulnerable and disenfranchised communities. Together, we worked to create a special video installation
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I am pleased to be participating in this year’s Toronto International Festival of Authors, which takes place from October 22 through November 1, 2020. For more information on the festival and to sign up, visit TIFA. Toronto Writers Collective Launch, October 22, 5:00pm I will be part of the Toronto Writers Collective Launch on October 22, 2020,
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Please join me online on October 23, 2020 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm for Tartan Turban Secret Readings #27, A Political Poetry Reading, curated by Kate Rogers and Bänoo Zan. I’ll be a featured reader, along with Andrea Thompson, Diana Manole and Lisa Richter. Tartan Turban Secret Reading #27 is a virtual reading. Along with my
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Earlier in the month, I was happy to participate in the final group roundtable for Poetry in Translation, East Meets West, hosted by Anna Yin. Joining Anna and myself were Molly Peacock, Alice Major, George Elliot Clarke and guest, Michael Morolla. We participated in a reading together and enjoyed an Open-Mic for followers of the
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Canada’s largest book festival has gone virtual! Please join me at The Word on the Street 2020, a national celebration of literacy and Canadian writing. Each September, WOTS hosts hundreds of author readings for visitors of all ages and a vibrant marketplace featuring the best selection of books and magazines in Canada. The festival and
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The Winnipeg International Writers Festival has taken their annual Thin Air Festival and made it into an interactive online experience. I am proud to be a participant in this year’s #ThinAir2020. This rich experience will be available and active online from September 20 to October 12, 2020. Go to Thin Air to register for free.
Thanks to Anna Yin, our interview and discussion session for her Poetry in Translation, East Meets West series are now online. Here’s the main discussion: And here’s the break-out session: You can access the entire series here. Enjoy!
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On Saturday, August 29, at 3:00 p.m., join me for Poetry in Translation: East Meets West, a zoom interview with Anna Yin. We will read and discuss poetry and translation, touching upon the myth of “lost in translation,” the art of re-creation, and the mutual exchange or benefits of the process. The audience will be
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On Tuesday, August 4th, I appeared on HOWL, CIUT Radio 89.5 FM Toronto’s weekly 10-11pm music and spoken word broadcast. I had the pleasure of reading poetry and speaking with Valentino Assenza about current events and the role of the Poet Laureate. You can still access this interview until tomorrow night on Howl’s website:https://ciut.fm/shows/howl/ My
Register now for the opportunity to ZOOM in on one of the hottest tickets in ANY town: the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival virtual event: Hot Nights. Cool Poets. On August 28th, starting at 8pm, I will appear with a SCORE of talented poets on a zoom event hosted by EMWF. Details Below. EMWF Showcase: Hot Nights.
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My son, Blaise Moritz, and daughter-in-law, Roseanne Carrara, have a trio of paired drawings and poems entitled “‘Til Now” in the second issue of The Quarantine Review, a new magazine created by Sheeza Sarfraz and J.J. Dupuis and published by Dundurn Press. Moritz and Carrara’s collaboration appears alongside the work of Teri Vlassopoulos, Teresa Mason
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I am pleased to appear as the inaugural guest on the Different Boat, Same Storm Podcast. DBSS was created by Abhayjeet Singh Sachal, Atharv Agrawal and Eli Meadow Ramraj to cultivate empathy amidst the Covid-19 crisis. In this premiere episode, I spent upwards of 45 minutes talking with Abhay, Atharv, and Eli about “Poetry, Song,
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KFB, aka Knife Fork Book, offers a twelve-month subscription series. And As Far As You Know is part of the July/August duo! If you subscribe to Kirby’s series, you’ll receive the two-book Poet Laureate set, with my book as well as Sue Goyette’s Antithesis: A Memoir from Gaspereau Press. The KFB SELECTS SUBSCRIPTION SERIES offers twelve
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Celebrate Canada Day Remotely! On July 1, three livestream programs showcasing Toronto’s top talent from performing arts to culinary & comedy will unite all neighbourhoods, all ages & all cultures. I’ve recorded a special greeting from Toronto’s Poet Laureate to air during these Canada Day 2020 Celebrations. Please note, closed captioning will be available for
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I’m pleased to have been invited to create a piece with my son, the artist and poet, Blaise Moritz, for the Covid-19 Responsive Public Art Project: It’s All Right Now. The project aims to speak to the multiplicity of calming and coping strategies used by the people of Toronto in response to the pandemic. Co-produced
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The deep job of writing one-year-anniversary poems for the memorial services for the North York Van Attack Tragedy and for the Danforth Shooting Tragedy. Those were such important things and such noble events….It was just a wonderful thing to participate and feel how much people loved and wanted the poem there…You think, your poor poem….It’s
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‘They are full of courage, full of wit, full of resource and unremitting effort to survive,’ said Al Moritz, Toronto’s poet laureate. Catherine Porter, Canada Dispatch, The New York Times, May 18, 2020. I’ve been cited by Catherine Porter in her New York Times coverage of the Toronto Fox Family living down in the Toronto
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Towards the end of National Poetry Month, I had the pleasure of speaking with Tom Power of CBC Radio’s Q about my poem “Thoughts in Time of Plague.” CLICK HERE to read about and listen to the interview: Here’s a hard link: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/tuesday-april-28-2020-avril-lavigne-a-f-moritz-and-more-1.5547890/a-f-moritz-reads-his-poem-thoughts-in-time-of-plague-1.5547894 You can also listen to the interview here: CBC Q also posted
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I am thrilled and honoured that Kirby of knife|fork|book chose to read “Names of Birds” from my new collection, As Far As You Know, as part of his Bedtime Poems Series on social media during National Poetry Month. I believe he’s carrying on the series for the foreseeable future, perhaps as an effort to shake
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He also finds beauty in “waste lands” of ruin, overgrown with weeds, which become a playground for children. Barb Cary, The Toronto Star, April 23, 2020 I was so very pleased to discover Barb Carey’s review of As Far As You Know in the Toronto Star! Here’s a link to the article: “Water fountains, books,
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Today, April 21, 2020, I am the featured reader on Poetry & Healing. You can hear me read my poem, “The Healer is Dead” followed by a meditation and poetry prompt set to a musical score by Cathy Nosaty. Listen to “The Healer is Dead” on POETRY & HEALING now! Poetry & Healing is the League of Canadian Poets’
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The Toronto Poet Laureate’s 20th collection unfolds in six movements revolving around “Terrorism” and “Poetry” in all the forms they might take. – Becky Toyne The Globe and Mail lists As Far As You Know as one of their Spring Books Preview: 38 of the Best New Reads in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry & Gardening. I
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I’d like to send some special thanks to East End Arts for featuring me on their Facebook page! It certainly was a pleasure to take part in their 2019 Poetry Month event! East End Arts is a a non-profit community arts organization that serves the east end of Toronto. They provide inclusive arts programming and
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As Far As You Know is featured in CBC’s list of 22 Canadian Poetry Books to Read to Celebrate National Poetry Month. This CBC piece is a fabulous resource for those looking to dip their toes into Canadian Poetry for the first time as well as for those who’d like a closer look at a
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