Canada's Cool Culture
Wednesday September 15th, 2021 with Muddy Watters
David O'Meara

A tribute to DAVID O'MEARA. The awarded Canadian poet and author of Storm Still, The Vicinity, Nobel Gas Penny Black, and A Pretty Sight is now releasing Masses On Radar. He discusses his latest collection of poetry and a brief history of his amazing career. Masses On Radar is out on September 21, 2021. order here: https://chbooks.com/Books/M/Masses-on-Radar There will be a book launch Sunday, September 26th, 5:30 pm LIVE outside Spark Beer, (702 Sommerset West) located in the Chinatown of Ottawa, and it will be streaming on the Coach House Books Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coachhousebooks/ and https://www.writersfestival.org/ David O'Meara is the author of four previous collections of poetry, most recently A Pretty Sight (Coach House Books, 2013). He is the Director of the Plan 99 Reading Series, and was the founding Artistic Director for VERSeFest (Canada's International Poetry Festival). A past winner of the Archibald Lampman Prize and the Ottawa Book Award, David was recently the Poet-in-Residence for Arc Poetry Magazine and served as a faculty member at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. He lives in Ottawa, Canada. 'DISASTER' the radio play by David Omeara: http://galaxybrain.ca/edition-10/david-omeara/