Critic, poet and biographer Keith Garebian (Blue: The Derek Jarman Poems) riffs on Derek Jarman, the gay English filmmaker known for his political activism (Edward II, Caravaggio) and formal experimentation. He reads with Gianna Patriarca (My Etruscan Face) and Jacob McArthur Mooney (The New Layman’s Almanac). May 6. Valentino Assenza hosts an evening of comedic poetry. May 13. Poet and critic Fraser Sutherland (Manual for Emigrants) joins Wilfred Laurier prof Tanis MacDonald (Rue the Day) and U of T professor Catherine Graham (The Red Element). May 20. The always-enthusiastic George Elliott Clarke (Quebecite) shares the stage with editor and anthologist Carmine Starnino (With English Subtitles). May 27.—Brent Ledger