H. Masud Taj, Lindsay Foran and Jamie Bradley

Photo courtesy of Charles EarlThe A B Series presents H. Masud Taj with University of Ottawa-affiliated poets Jamie Bradley and Lindsay Foran.Taj, who teaches in the Architecture department at Carleton University, is an internationally renowned performance poet. His work has been praised by figures as diverse as Edward Said, Albert Moritz, and Bruce Meyer. He has performed in Stanley Kubrick's residence in Hertfordshire, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, the Roman abbey at St. Alban's, and numerous universities in North America and India. His performances are recitations from heart, in sequence, as he returns to the ancient Urdu oral tradition on which he draws; yet his poems are marked also by imagistic precision, intellectual exploration and a sense of humor which render them strikingly contemporary. This will be a rare opportunity to witness Taj in performance, as his public recitations have become increasingly rare. Don't miss the opportunity!

Jamie Bradley lives and works in Ottawa, where he is completing a PhD focusing on American Modernist literature at the University of Ottawa. His work has appeared in the Bywords Quarterly Journal and bywords.ca, In/Words and Variations. He is ambiguous about cats, and appreciative of dark beer and bright women.

Lindsay Foran is currently completing her final semester as an undergrad at the University of Ottawa She has been published in Bywords.ca and the Bywords Quarterly Journal as well as the online journal Ydgrasil. She is also the associate editor of the University of Ottawa literary journal Ottawa Arts Review.

Sean Moreland was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario, which has led to his lifelong fascination for prisons and the wonderful porousness of limestone, and to his mistrust of the Tragically Hip. He is currently a part-time instructor and PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa. His poems have appeared in venues including Spire, Bywords, The Ottawa Arts Review, NoD Magazine, and the Peter F. Yacht Club. His poem “Pygmalion and Galatea” received the John Newlove memorial award for 2007.

GUEST CURATED & HOSTED BY SEAN MORELAND