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Zong is NourbeSe Philip's most recent poetry manuscript. Although still in process and as yet unpublished, an early version of one poem has been published in Facture, four poems, along with an introduction, have been published in Fascicle and two poems have been published in boundary 2. A dramatized reading of this new poem cycle, was workshoped and presented at Harbourfront as part of "rock.paper.sistahz" in April 2006. This production was directed by Diane Roberts with actors Andrea Henry, Andy Marshall, Lili Francks and Xuan Fraser. Yvette Martin was the stage manager with Natalie Wood and Mark Prince as contributing artists. a
a dramatized readingofZong!
In 1781 the captain of the slave ship, Zong, murders, by
drowning, one hundred and fifty Africans so as to collect insurance monies.
Through fragments of voices, shreds of memory and shards of silence, Zong!
unravels the story that can only be told by not telling. April 13, 2006, 8pm
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