Ep 61 The Importance of Building Community with Pat Connors

The Artsy Raven Podcast about Writing and Art with host JF Garrard

Poet Patrick Connors talk to the Artsy Raven about why he writes poetry, the importance of building community and what makes a good reading performance.

Patrick Connors first chapbook, Scarborough Songs, was released by Lyricalmyrical Press in 2013, and charted on the Toronto Poetry Map. He contributed 18 poems to Bottom of the Wine Jar, published in 2017 by SandCrab Press, and launched in Gibara, Cuba.

He has performed at the Austin International Poetry Festival; featured in numerous reading series such as The Art Bar, Wild Writers, and Plasticine Poetry; hosted events under the 100,000 Poets for Change banner, as well as the United May Day Committee; and was on the organizing committee for The Great Canadian PoeTrain Tour.

His first full collection, The Other Life, was released in 2021 by Mosaic Press. His most recent chapbook, Worth the Wait, was released in 2023 by Cactus Press. His latest collection, The Long Defeat, is newly released by Mosaic Press.

At time 15:15 he reads from his latest collection, The Long Defeat.

Patrick’s Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrick.j.connors.3

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patjtconnors/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/81912CON

Note – Patrick refers to CAA in the episode which stands for Canadian Authors Association of which JF Garrard is President of the Toronto branch, https://canadianauthors.org/toronto/

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