E WAS RAISED in the Northwest Territories, ON THE MANITOBA PRAIRIES, and IN THE MARITIMEs (CANADA). HER FIRST BOOK of poetry, BUTTERCUP, WILL BE publisheD IN Chicago (IN THE YEAR 2024). HER POEMS HAVE BEEN IN THE PURITAN, HARVARD REVIEW, DENVER QUARTERLY, DALHOUSIE REVIEW, MANDORLA, VALLUM, AND elsewhere. A CHAPBOOK, HAND, IS FORTHCOMING.
TRAINED IN the visual ARTs first, HER WORK WAS EXHIBITED IN cities of North America AND DISTRIBUTED BY VTAPE. shE IS AN ALUMNA OF THE BANFF CENTRE, NOVA SCOTIA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, AND UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WHERE SHE COORDINATED visiting artists through the council on advanced studies. THE UNIVERSITY's committee on creative writing awarded her their new poet prize for 2010. E is founder of the HERMES GALLERY IN Nova Scotia AND has Curated exhibitions FOR DALHOUSIE (University) ART GALLERY, CURRENT SPACE (BALTIMORE), AND OTHER VENUES. she started the fuller TERRACE lecture series (HFX), coordinating its first two yearS OF WRITERS, ARTISTS. E LIVES WITH HER HUSBAND IN MONTREAL WHERE SHE TEACHES POETRY FOR THE QUEBEC WRITERS FEDERATION. HER ONLINE JOURNAL columba has published stephanie Burt, lee maraclE, Barry schwabsky SINCE ITS PREMIERE ISSUE IN 2019. FORTHCOMING IS A CHAPBOOK BY ERIN MOURE and Michael Metivier. EMTRISTANJONES@GMAIL.COM |