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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#333333">Good afternoon,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#333333">Please join the Department of English Language and Literature for a talk by Giovanna Riccio entitled “Plasticity’s Bombshell” (poster attached).
</span>Giovanna Riccio is a graduate of the University of Toronto where she majored in philosophy. Her love of poetry is her inheritance from a gifted autodidact father who penned his own verses. She is the author of Vittorio (Lyricalmyrical Press, 2010) Strong
Bread (Quattro Books, 2011), and Plastic’s Republic (Guernica Editions, 2019) and her poems have appeared in national and international publications and in numerous anthologies. Her work has been translated into Italian, French, Spanish, and Romanian. Giovanna
has participated in various international literary festivals including Blue Met, The Edinburgh Fringe and the University of Calabria’s Italian Diaspora Conference to name a few. Visit her website at giovannariccio.com.<span style="color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:20.4pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">When: Thursday, January 30th, 4:00pm-5:30pm<br>
Where: Modern Languages Room 354<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:20.4pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Best regards,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"">Margaret Ulbrick,
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">BA (Econ), BA (Psych)</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"">Administrative Manager<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">English Language and Literature<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Waterloo, ON<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N2L 3G1<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">HH 258, ext. 36803<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:mulbrick@uwaterloo.ca">mulbrick@uwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">english.uwaterloo.ca<o:p></o:p></p>
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