If you've still got some energy (and wads of cash) after TINARS, you might want to consider attending a unique poetry salon offered by the U of T School of Continuing Studies. The ten-week course is a poetry lecture/reading series, composed of eight accomplished Toronto-based poets. Facilitated by Margaret Christakos, the course will host Antonio D'afonso, Triny Finlay, Maggie Helwig, Clifton Joseph, Robert Priest, Stuart Ross, Karoen Solie, and Souvankham Thammavongsa. Each week, one poet......

This sounds good; if it isn’t, it will at least be fascinating and you can say you were there. Tonight at The Trane Studio, poets Rachel Zolf, Gerry Shikatani, a.rawlings, Jordan Scott, Jenny Sampirisi, Sonnet L’Abbe, and Margaret Christakos will move “onto the raft of music” with musician Tim Posgate and riff off each other's poetries. They call it R))I))F))F))) R))A))F))T))). You might question, “isn’t that the worst poetry cliché ever?” and imagine bereted poets......

Excuse me for the lateness of this week’s listing. I’m still on Nuit Blanche time. And yes, I made it until 7am. This is an absolutely fantastic week for word nerds. And check this – if one of your friends is more into sports, you can bring them to a literary event disguised as a boxing match. For a boxing fan like me, it doesn't get any better. Tomorrow at noon, there’s a special launch......