ETJ GREW UP iN THE SUBARCTIC AND PRAIRIES OF CANADA. SHE IS AN ALUMNA OF THE NOVA SCOTIA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, BANFF CENTRE, AND UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WHERE SHE WON THE EMERGING POETS PRIZE. 

HER FIRST BOOK WILL BE PUBLISHED BY THE CHICAGO-BASED POETRY PRESS, VERGE. PIECES HAVE BEEN IN THE PURITAN, ECOTHEO, HARVARD REVIEW, DENVER QUARTERLY, SHEARSMAN, VALLUM AND OTHER JOURNALS. SHE IS CURRENTLY WRITING WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS.

TRAINED IN VISUAL ART, SHE STARTED HERMES GALLERY IN NOVA SCOTIA AND CURATED EXHIBITIONS FOR DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY AND OTHER VENUES. HER OWN ART HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN NYC AND DISTRIBUTED BY
VTAPE.
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SHE LIVES WITH HER HUSBAND IN MONTREAL WHERE SHE TEACHES POETRY TO AT-RISK YOUTH FOR THE QUEBEC WRITERS FEDERATION. SHE ALSO RUNS COLUMBA.​
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