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Tanya Evanson
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Tanya Evanson (born 1972) is an Antiguan-Canadian poet and spoken word artist. Born and based in Montreal, she has also lived in Vancouver and Istanbul. Evanson has published three audio recordings, a short film and several artist books of poetry. Her work combines orature with jazz and world music to create “spoken world music.” She is a prolific performer who has featured across North America. In 2013 she was poet of honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word, recipient of The League of Canadian Poets Golden Beret Award and is currently director of The Banff Centre Spoken Word Program. She is also a whirling dervish dancer who tours internationally with Mercan Dede (Turkey) and Niyaz (Iran-Canada). Bibliography Audio *Invisible World (Mother Tongue Media 2004) *The Memorists (Mother Tongue Media 2008) *Language for Gods (Mother Tongue Media 2012) Video *Almost Forgot my Bones (Bowen Arrow Productions 2004) See Also
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