PEI’s newest poet, Mathew Henderson, will launch his first book, The Lease, on Wednesday, June 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, Main Building. Mathew grew up on the Island and graduated from UPEI in 2008. During his summers, he worked in the Saskatchewan oil patch. The poems in The Lease are written in the sweat, blood, and grease of those who labour in the oilfields. His poetry shows human technology and physical labour realigning our habitat. Henderson’s writing illuminates the often unflattering realities of industrial culture and its cast of hard-living humans. His reading is sponsored by the UPEI English Department with support from The Canada Council for the Arts.