B.W. Powe

B.W. Powe makes a point about the use of symbols in everyday life. Here he holds up a Do Not Disturb sign from the hotel where the festival guests stayed. Powe is a professor in the English Department at York University. He is the author of a number of influential books including The Solitary Outlaw and A Climate Charged, as well as the novel Outage and a book of poetry, The Unsaid Passing. He appeared at the Ottawa International Writers Festival 17-18 April 2007.