Stephanie Yue Duhem’s culturo-personal reflections dance between academic dissection and diary, with a knack for twirling intimate artistic expression though a floor of well-trodden topics. Debut poetry collection Cataclysm promises to untangle life’s contemporary calamities – personal, social, and systemic – with signature grace. Her book launch is in apt company with a lineup of poets, essayists, and multimedia artists each bringing their varied backgrounds in art and academia to their writing projects. Synth-driven wordsmith Plum Wooer provides a suitably provocative soundtrack. – Caroline Drew