Writing the Tall Grass Prairie with Sarah Ens

Spend an afternoon in the tall grass prairie with poet Sarah Ens as she shares from her latest book, Flyway, and explores this important natural landscape with a guided walk through the Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve.

After the reading and walk, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a free writing mini-workshop on Writing the Tall Grass Prairie.

About Flyway

This meditation on the impact of human and ecological trauma explores the cost of survival for three generations of women living between empires. Writing from within the disappearing tall grass prairie, Sarah follows connections between the Russian Mennonite diaspora and the disrupted migratory patterns of grassland birds. Drawing on family history, eco-poetics and the rich tradition of the Canadian long poem, Flyway migrates along pathways of geography and the heart to grapple with complexities of home.

The Weston Family Tall Grass Prairie Interpretive Centre is 65 hectares nestled…