I don't speak French, so It's a good thing Winnipeg based author and poet Bertrand Nayet speaks with his hands, reaching up and out, grabbing words and phrases from out of thin air and weaving them into passionate pieces spoken with grit and gusto. So even though I couldn't understand what he was saying I knew that he was saying something. And even though I couldn't understand what he was saying, the passion with which he spoke, with both his voice and his hands, made his contribution to the opening night a pleasure to be a part of. I was half expecting him to translate after, but was neither surprised nor disappointed when he didn't. Still, I should probably learn French.

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Brandon James Bertram is an English/Creative Writing student at the University of Winnipeg. He reads, writes, rides bikes, and drinks coffee.