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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Good morning,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Please join the Department of English Language and Literature for a talk by Giovanna Riccio entitled “Plasticity’s Bombshell” (poster attached).
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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.<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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><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-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:black">Margaret Ulbrick,
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BA (Econ), BA (Psych)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:black">Administrative Manager</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">English Language and Literature<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">200 University Ave. W.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Waterloo, ON<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">N2L 3G1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">HH 258, ext. 36803<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:mulbrick@uwaterloo.ca"><span style="color:#0563C1">mulbrick@uwaterloo.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">english.uwaterloo.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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