Poet Q&As

How do poets become poets? What would a poet recite? Get to know our contemporary poets better through our series of micro-interviews.

[3] Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm b. 1965 [3]	[4] Madhur Anand b. 1971 [4]	[5] Joanne Arnott b. 1960 [5]
[6] Margaret Atwood b. 1939 [6]	[7] Ken Babstock b. 1970 [7]	[8] Elizabeth Bachinsky b. 1976 [8]
[9] Gwen Benaway 1987 [9]	[10] Roxanna Bennett 1971 [10]	[11] Christian Bök b. 1966 [11]
[12] Stephanie Bolster b. 1969 [12]	[13] Roo Borson [13]	[14] Nicole Brossard b. 1943 [14]
[15] Suzanne Buffam b. 1972 [15]	[16] George Elliott Clarke b. 1960 [16]	[17] Wayde Compton b. 1972 [17]
[18] Kevin Connolly b. 1962 [18]	[19] Lynn Crosbie [19]	[20] Lorna Crozier b. 1948 [20]
[21] Michael Crummey b. 1965 [21]	[22] Ruth Daniell 1987 [22]	[23] Amber Dawn [23]
[24] Sarah de Leeuw 1973 [24]	[25] Mary di Michele b. 1949 [25]	[26] Adam Dickinson b. 1974 [26]
[27] Laura Farina 1980 [27]	[28] Michael Fraser 1969 [28]	[29] Sue Goyette b. 1964 [29]
[30] Richard Harrison 1957 [30]	[31] Mathew Henderson b. 1985 [31]	[32] Susan Holbrook b. 1967 [32]
[33] Liz Howard b. 1985 [33]	[34] Doyali Islam 1984 - [34]	[35] Wayne Keon b. 1946 [35]
[36] Sonnet L'Abbé [36]	[37] James Langer b. 1973 [37]	[38] Evelyn Lau b. 1971 [38]
[39] Canisia Lubrin b. 1984 [39]	[40] Annick MacAskill [40]	[41] Cassidy McFadzean b. 1989 [41]
[42] David McGimpsey b. 1962 [42]	[43] Anne Michaels [43]	[44] A. F. Moritz b. 1947 [44]
[45] Erin Mouré b. 1955 [45]	[46] Jane Munro b. 1943 [46]	[47] George Murray b. 1971 [47]
[48] Pierre Nepveu b. 1946 [48]	[49] Hoa Nguyen b. 1967 [49]	[50] Honey Novick 1949 [50]
[51] Ashley Obscura 1988 [51]	[52] Adriana Oniță [52]	[53] Tyler Pennock 1977 [53]
[54] Sara Peters b. 1982 [54]	[55] Sina Queyras b. 1963 [55]	[56] Matt Rader b. 1978 [56]
[57] Lisa Richter 1977 [57]	[58] Damian Rogers b. 1972 [58]	[59] Matthew Rohrer b. 1970 [59]
[60] Stuart Ross b. 1959 [60]	[61] Angeline Schellenberg 1973 [61]	[62] Vanessa Shields 1978 [62]
[63] Suzannah Showler b. 1986 [63]	[64] Leanne Betasamosake Simpson b. 1971 [64]	[65] Steven Ross Smith [65]
[66] Adam Sol 1969 [66]	[67] Karen Solie b. 1966 [67]	[68] Titilope Sonuga [68]
[69] Kevin Spenst [69]	[70] Neil Surkan b. 1989 [70]	[71] Dane Swan [71]
[72] Souvankham Thammavongsa b. 1978 [72]	[73] Sarah Tolmie b. 1971 [73]	[74] Rhea Tregebov b. 1953 [74]
[75] Sarah Tsiang 1978 [75]	[76] Chimwemwe Undi 1994 [76]	[77] Fred Wah b. 1939 [77]
[78] Phoebe Wang 1981 [78]	[79] Joshua Whitehead b. 1989 [79]	[80] Ian Williams b. 1979 [80]
[81] Rita Wong b. 1968 [81]	[82] Changming Yuan b. 1957 [82]	[83] Bänoo Zan [83]
[84] Matthew Zapruder b. 1967 [84]