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 Britta Badour 1987 Gwen Benaway 1987 Roxanna Bennett 1971 Ashley-Elizabeth Best 1989 Bertrand Bickersteth Tina Biello Christian Bök b. 1966 Stephanie Bolster b. 1969 Tara Borin 1983 Roo Borson Lara Bozabalian 1976 Nicole Brossard b. 1943 Suzanne Buffam b. 1972 Spencer Butt 1982 Lauren Carter 1972 George Elliott Clarke b. 1960 Wayde Compton b. 1972 Kevin Connolly b. 1962 Lynn Crosbie Lorna Crozier b. 1948 Michael Crummey b. 1965 Liana Cusmano Kayla Czaga 1989 Ruth Daniell 1987 Amber Dawn Sarah de Leeuw 1973 Sadiqa de Meijer Dina Del Bucchia 1979 Mary di Michele b. 1949 Adam Dickinson b. 1974 Leanne Dunic Mercedes Eng Kristian Enright b. 1980 Joanne Epp Therese Estacion Kim Fahner Laura Farina 1980 Raoul Fernandes 1978 Michael Fraser 1969 Kayla Geitzler 1982 Sue Goyette b. 1964 Phil Hall 1953 Richard Harrison 1957 Mathew Henderson b. 1985 Susan Holbrook b. 1967 Leah Horlick Liz Howard b. 1985 Doyali Islam 1984 - Sally Ito 1964 Jessie Jones Wayne Keon b. 1946 Sonnet L'Abbé Fiona Tinwei Lam James Langer b. 1973 Evelyn Lau b. 1971 Canisia Lubrin b. 1984 Randy Lundy Annick MacAskill Valerie Mason-John Rachel McCrum 1982 Cassidy McFadzean b. 1989 David McGimpsey b. 1962 Brendan McLeod Anne Michaels James Millhaven 1987 Jessica Moore 1978 A. F. Moritz b. 1947 Erin Mouré b. 1955 Jane Munro George Murray b. 1971 Susan Musgrave Sabyasachi Nag Pierre Nepveu b. 1946 Hoa Nguyen b. 1967 Honey Novick 1949 Amber O'Reilly 1993 Ashley Obscura 1988 Adriana Oniță Dominik Parisien Tyler Pennock 1977 Tyler B. Perry 1980 Sara Peters b. 1982 Elizabeth Philips 1962 Adam Pottle Michael Prior Sina Queyras b. 1963 Matt Rader b. 1978 Lisa Richter 1977 Damian Rogers b. 1972 Matthew Rohrer b. 1970 Stuart Ross b. 1959 Greg Santos 1981 Angeline Schellenberg 1973 Vanessa Shields 1978 Suzannah Showler b. 1986 Leanne Betasamosake Simpson b. 1971 Deanna Smith Steven Ross Smith Adam Sol 1969 Karen Solie b. 1966 Titilope Sonuga Jen Sookfong Lee Kevin Spenst Neil Surkan b. 1989 Dane Swan Souvankham Thammavongsa b. 1978 Andrea Thompson 1967 Sarah Tolmie b. 1971 Rhea Tregebov b. 1953 Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang 1978 Chimwemwe Undi 1994 Fred Wah b. 1939 Phoebe Wang 1981 RC Weslowski Joshua Whitehead b. 1989 Ian Williams b. 1979 Brandon Wint 1988 Rita Wong b. 1968 Catriona Wright 1985 Sennah Yee 1992 Anna Yin Deanna Young 1964 Changming Yuan b. 1957 Bänoo Zan Matthew Zapruder b. 1967 Français
