ETJ GREW UP iN THE SUBARCTIC AND PRAIRIES. SHE IS AN ALUMNA OF THE BANFF CENTRE, NOVA SCOTIA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, AND UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WHERE SHE WAS AWARDED THE EMERGING POET PRIZE BY THE COMMITTEE ON CREATIVE WRITING.  

HER FIRST BOOK of poetry, BUTTERCUP, WILL BE publisheD IN Chicago (2024). HER POEMS HAVE BEEN IN THE PURITAN, HARVARD REVIEW, DENVER QUARTERLY, VALLUM, DALHOUSIE REVIEW, AND OTHER JOURNALS. 
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ETJ is founder of HALIFAX'S HERMES (GALLERY) AND THE FULLER TERRACE LECTURE SERIES. SHE HAS Curated EXHIBITIONS FOR DALHOUSIE (University) ART GALLERY, CURRENT SPACE (BALTIMORE) AND OTHER VENUES. HER OWN ART HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED BY ToRONTO'S VTAPE; EXHIBITED IN NYC AND BEYOND. 

ETJ LIVES WITH HER HUSBAND IN MONTREAL WHERE SHE TEACHES POETRY FOR THE QUEBEC WRITERS FEDERATION AND RUNS COLUMBA POETRY. 
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