Sunday, March 6, 2011

EDMUND WILSON

TUES APRIL 12, 7.30p.m.-9p.m. Bread & Roses Cafe, Sky Dragon Centre, 27 King William Street.
DAVID COHEN will lead a discussion on EDMUND WILSON, the late great American critic, novelist, playwright, journalist, historian.
David Cohen is a writer. He won the Short Article - Non Fiction award at the Arts Hamilton Literary Awards 2010. When not writing, he helps organize activities and events for the Hamilton chapter of Independent Jewish Voices Canada. In the past, he worked as a journalist and publicist. David was born in Montreal, migrated to Toronto in the late sixties and has resided in Hamilton since 1980, where he lives with his wife, the artist Marcia Labelle. Their daughter, Jenny, a mezzo soprano, will give a recital with pianist Michael Rose on May 15 at the First Unitarian Church on Dundurn South. David also gardens, badly, and feeds birds. He loves to cycle long distances and is a fan of bike racing. He has worked as a bike-racing journalist.