In 1969, Canadian poet Daphne Marlatt was recorded reading her collection of poems, leaf leaf/s (1969), aloud in the living room of her former professor. Fifty years later, she read her poetry from the same collection, but with time came experiences that notably changed how Marlatt read her poems aloud. “Hearing Lived Experience: Feminist Influences in Daphne Marlatt’s Readings of leaf leaf/s” investigates the intersections of feminist readings and sound over time and place.
Image Description: The yellow cover of Dr. Karis Shearer’s personal copy of Daphne Marlatt’s leaf leaf/s (1969) from Black Sparrow Press, the 9th of 125 copies hand-bound in boards by Earle Gray and with a green label adorned with a debossed woodblock from cover designer Barbara Martin. Photo taken and provided by Karis Shearer.