VIU’s Sonnet L’Abbé reworks Shakespeare
Identity is a prominent theme in modern art and scholarship. Who are we as individuals in this globalized, rapidly changing world? For Dr. Sonnet L’Abbé of the VIU Creative Writing Department, contemplating her black identity and settler privilege whilst grappling with the sonnets of William Shakespeare opened up insights into her cultural inheritances. These included … Continued
Professor Profile: Something to talk about with Sonnet L’Abbé
Above: Dr. Sonnet L’Abbe in front of poet John Keats’ gravestone on the anniversary of his death. via twitter. I “My parents did it to me,” says Sonnet L’Abbé, poet and Creative Writing professor, at a faculty reading at VIU. She opens with a story about her name, because she knows it’s the first thing … Continued