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DESCRIPTION:Articulating the Body: Ekphrasis in the Maude Abbott Medical Mu
 seum\n\nPoetry Matters is delighted to invite your presence to our first i
 n-person workshop of the year\, called Articulating the Body: Ekphrasis in
  the Maude Abbott Medical Museum. This workshop\, led by poet and physicia
 n Dr. Shane Neilson\, will guide participants through ekphrastic writing e
 xercises that engage objects housed in the Maude Abbott’s unique collectio
 n of medical specimens. \n\nThe Museum is home to exciting ekphrastic poss
 ibilities in their collection\, which speaks to us across time\, anatomy\,
  and sometimes even species. We’re grateful to offer this workshop in coll
 aboration with Dr. Richard Fraser\, Professor of Pathology and Director of
  the museum. Registration is required and space limited.\n\nAbout the Faci
 litator\n\nShane Neilson is a poet\, physician\, literary critic\, and sch
 olar of Canadian literatures. His work includes poetry collections such as
  Complete Physical and Exterminate My Heart\, as well as essays on his exp
 erience as a physician\, Call Me Doctor and Gunmetal Blue. Awards for his 
 poetry include Arc Poetry Magazine’s Poet of the Year\, the Hamilton Liter
 ary Award\; The Walrus Poetry Prize\; and the shortlist for the Montreal I
 nternational Poetry Prize and the Trillium Poetry Prize. Shane is a SSHRC 
 Postdoctoral fellow from the Department of English\, University of Ottawa.
  He is currently an assistant professor of Family Medicine at McMaster Uni
 versity\, and he continues to practice medicine in Guelph\, Ontario.\n\nRe
 gistration and venue\n\nThis is a great opportunity to see a new side of M
 cGill or to revisit a familiar space with new modes of attention. Thus\, w
 e encourage you to register as soon as possible by completing the 'Contact
  Us' form on the Poetry Matters website as registration will be confirmed 
 on a first-come\, first-serve basis due to limited space.\n\nVenue: Maude 
 Abbott Medical Museum\, Strathcona Anatomy & Dentistry Building\, 3640 Uni
 versity Street\, Room 38E\, Montréal/Tiohtià:ke\, Quebec H3A 0C7\n
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SUMMARY:In-person Poetry Workshop with Dr. Shane Neilson
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