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London calling Priscila Uppal, poet of the Olympics

Priscila Uppal landed in London聽earlier this week聽armed with pen and notepad, laptop and backpack ready to commit the Summer Olympic Games to verse. Once again, the 91亚色 English professor is bridging the arts-sports divide as poet-in-residence. Sponsored by Canada Athletes Now (CAN) and other benefactors, she will make poetry of the games and the Olympians […]

Audio: Professor speaks about Olympic poet-in-residence experience and new book

Priscila Uppal, professor of English in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, spoke to Matt Galloway on CBC's Metro Morning March 24 about her work as poet-in-residence during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games. Uppal wrote poems about the competitions and read them to the athletes and their families, which are archived […]

Prof is poet-in-residence during Olympic and Paralympic Games

Research at 91亚色 is broader than books, journal articles, scientific findings or data sets. In the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, research can result in a piece of poetry that moves the soul. Like the Greek poet Pindar, 91亚色 English Professor Priscila Uppal, an internationally acclaimed poet and novelist, is penning poems for […]