How do poets become poets? What would a poet recite? Get to know our contemporary poets better through our series of micro-interviews. Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm b. 1965 Madhur Anand b. 1971 Joanne Arnott b. 1960 Margaret Atwood b. 1939 Ken Babstock b. 1970 Elizabeth Bachinsky b. 1976 Gwen Benaway 1987 Roxanna Bennett 1971 Christian Bök b. 1966 Stephanie Bolster b. 1969 Roo Borson Nicole Brossard b. 1943 Suzanne Buffam b. 1972 George Elliott Clarke b. 1960 Wayde Compton b. 1972 Kevin Connolly b. 1962 Lynn Crosbie Lorna Crozier b. 1948 Michael Crummey b. 1965 Ruth Daniell 1987 Amber Dawn Sarah de Leeuw 1973 Mary di Michele b. 1949 Adam Dickinson b. 1974 Laura Farina 1980 Sue Goyette b. 1964 Richard Harrison 1957 Mathew Henderson b. 1985 Susan Holbrook b. 1967 Liz Howard b. 1985 Doyali Islam 1984 - Wayne Keon b. 1946 Sonnet L'Abbé James Langer b. 1973 Evelyn Lau b. 1971 Canisia Lubrin b. 1984 Cassidy McFadzean b. 1989 David McGimpsey b. 1962 Anne Michaels A. F. Moritz b. 1947 Erin Mouré b. 1955 Jane Munro b. 1943 George Murray b. 1971 Pierre Nepveu b. 1946 Hoa Nguyen b. 1967 Honey Novick 1949 Ashley Obscura 1988 Adriana Oniță Tyler Pennock 1977 Sara Peters b. 1982 Sina Queyras b. 1963 Matt Rader b. 1978 Lisa Richter 1977 Damian Rogers b. 1972 Matthew Rohrer b. 1970 Stuart Ross b. 1959 Angeline Schellenberg 1973 Vanessa Shields 1978 Suzannah Showler b. 1986 Leanne Betasamosake Simpson b. 1971 Steven Ross Smith Adam Sol 1969 Karen Solie b. 1966 Titilope Sonuga Kevin Spenst Neil Surkan b. 1989 Dane Swan Souvankham Thammavongsa b. 1978 Sarah Tolmie b. 1971 Rhea Tregebov b. 1953 Sarah Tsiang 1978 Chimwemwe Undi 1994 Fred Wah b. 1939 Phoebe Wang 1981 Joshua Whitehead b. 1989 Ian Williams b. 1979 Rita Wong b. 1968 Changming Yuan b. 1957 Bänoo Zan Matthew Zapruder b. 1967 Français
