Penn Kemp

Poet, performer and playwright Penn Kemp has been celebrated as a trailblazer since her first publication of poetry by Coach House (1972). She was London’s inaugural Poet Laureate (2010-13) and Western University’s Writer-in-Residence (2009-10). Chosen as a foremother of Canadian poetry and Spoken Word Artist (2015) by the League of Canadian Poets, Kemp has long been a keen participant/activist in Canada’s cultural life, with thirty books of poetry, prose and drama; seven plays and ten CDs produced as well as award-winning videopoems: multimedia galore. Her many collaborations with artists are up on youtube and https://riverrevery.ca. Out now is POEMS IN RESPONSE TO PERIL, an anthology for Ukraine. Penn’s new collection, INCREMENTALLY, is up as e-book and album on https://www.hempressbooks.com/authors/penn-kemp. Penn is active across the web: updates are on https://www.pennkemp.weebly.com, https://www.facebook.com/pennkemp/, https://www.pennkemp.wordpress.com and https://www.pennkemp.substack.com. Follow her on Twitter, Instagram (pennkemp) or http://facebook.com.pennkemppoet. See https://soundcloud.com/penn-kemp and https://www.canpoetry.library.utoronto.ca/kemp.

Plays Available at the Canadian Play Outlet:

Angel Makers

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The Dream Life of Teresa Harris

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The Epic of Toad and Heron

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What the Ear Hears Last

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Performing Women: Playwrights and Performance Poets,

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The Triumph of Teresa Harris

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