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EMILY TRISTAN JONES 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 POET PRIZE.
HER FIRST BOOK WILL SOON BE PUBLISHED BY CHICAGO-BASED POETRY PRESS, VERGE. PIECES HAVE BEEN IN THE PURITAN, ECOTHEO, HARVARD REVIEW, DENVER QUARTERLY, SHEARSMAN, VALLUM AND OTHER JOURNALS. TRAINED IN ART, SHE STARTED HERMES GALLERY IN NOVA SCOTIA AND HAS CURATED EXHIBITIONS FOR DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY AND OTHER VENUES. HER OWN PIECES HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED IN NYC AND DISTRIBUTED BY VTAPE. E LIVES IN MONTREAL WHERE SHE TEACHES POETRY TO YOUTH FOR THE QUEBEC WRITERS FEDERATION AND RUNS COLUMBA POETRY. EMTRISTANJONES@GMAIL.COM AND PERFUMER |