JRDN’s new video for “Missing Us” One of Halifax’s biggest R&B exports, the Juno-winning JRDN served up a new music video yesterday, to remind us how dexterous and deft his range is. The slow jam is what Ne-Yo wishes every song he ever made could be, and you can vibe along to the video below: […]
Sue Goyette
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An advent calendar of poetry: December 2
Editor’s Note: Each day from December 1 -21, Halifax’ poet laureate Sue Goyette will write a new poem to share with the city on The Coast’s website and social media. “If I need this, I bet other people need this,” she told us on day one—and we think she’s right. In a year that’s felt […]
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Deeply homesick for a woman’s voice
The first time Sue Goyette read The Odyssey was in high school. She liked the logic of the myth and how things could be solved creatively in unexpected ways. Then, after experiencing her own personal epic, she returned to the poem, curious about its scope and things had shifted. “I was hungry for another narrative,” […]
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Making a Safe Harbour to talk about the Jian Ghomeshi verdict
It’s been less than a week since Jian Ghomeshi was found not guilty on four counts of sexual assault and one count of choking. Sue Goyette and Erin Wunker, both instructors at Dalhousie University, were appalled by the verdict and decided to take matters into their own hands to give those in their community a […]
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Review: The Brief Reincarnation of a Girl
In 2006 a four-year old Massachusetts girl died of a drug overdose after being prescribed medication to treat her ADHD and bipolar disorder. A highly public trial followed, in which the girl’s parents were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life in prison. Sue Goyette’s fifth book of poetry takes this story and runs […]
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Sue Goyette’s outskirts meets daily poetry requirements
[image-1] Sue Goyette releases her third book, outskirts, into the wild this Thursday, May 12 at 7pm at The Company House. The release event features 16 readers who will recite a poem of their choice from the enthralling outskirts. The collection explores human relationships and pulls out poignant gems of emotion while also delving into environmental catastrophe, nbd. Also has the uncanny ability to make you feel regret getting too tipsy at a dinner party and talking too much.