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Le Foster Poetry Conference (1963)

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This essay tells the story of the Foster Poetry Conference (1963) a Quebec-government-sponsored gathering of English-language poets in the Eastern Townships from its conception by English Quebec poets John Glassco, Frank Scott and A.J.M. Smith to the publication of the conference proceedings as English Poetry in Quebec (1965). This historical account presents a meaningful yet all-but-forgotten poetry event within the context of new forms of government support for poetry events, the wider significance of North American poetry readings and conferences in the 1960s, and attempts to achieve greater rapprochement between English and French Quebec poetry communities at a transformational moment in the history of Quebec politics and society.

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to the appropriate people the resolution commending the Department of Cultural Affairs » et « look after the CBC and Humanities Research Council resolutions
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Il s'avéra que Glassco avait eu raison lorsqu'il avait prédit que
  • North Hatley
à North Hatley, dans le salon d'un potier local 58. Bien loin d'une rencontre organisée dans un chalet de montagne avec l'aval du gouvernement, cet événement fut l'initiative de la traductrice Sheila Fischman et du poète et traducteur Doug Jones. Les participants furent nuls autres que John Glassco, Frank Scott, et A.J.M. Smith, aux côtés de Roland Giguère, de Pauline Julien et de Gérald Godin 59. Il s'avéra que Glassco avait eu raison lorsqu'il avait prédit que, si une telle rencontre devait avoir lieu sous peu, « elle [devrait] être organisée de manière privée, c'est-à-dire sans l'argent de Québec ».