Now onJacket2: fifteen writers respond to the archive of UPenn’s 2011 North of Invention festival of Canadian poetry. Co-organizer Sarah Dowling offers insight to both the festival’s creation and the curated responses. I was thrilled to participate in the festival with my collaborator, Maja Jantar, and I recommend reading all responses — formative to re/live this experience through sense, through reflection.

In attendance:Adeena Karasick, Christian Bök, Fred Wah, Jeff Derksen, Jordan Scott, Li...