De-Canon resumes its mission of “de-canonizing” by teaming up with Fonograf Editions to publish an anthology of hybrid-literary works by women and nonbinary BIPOC writers. This anthology will explore multimodal forms of writing that navigate the restless intersections of writing, visual art, and other media, and that innovate in their contemplations - and complications - of language and form. In this anthology we wish to investigate how and why the hybrid space resonates as it does, notably for BIPOC women and nonbinary writers, who may use such modes to elasticize and elude definitions, defy and blur boundaries, and thus reimagine paradigmatic possibilities. Submissions are open from October 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022.
Read MoreTop (L-R): Ian Williams, Larissa Lai, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Dionne Brand. Bottom (L-R): Danielle Geller, Armand Garnet Ruffo, Bronwen Tate, Randy Boyagoda
POC Mentorship: Graduate Faculty of Color (Canada)
Back in 2017, I conducted a survey of all the graduate creative writing programs in the United States with the goal of identifying which programs had permanent full-time faculty of color teaching creative writing. That series of posts sparked a much larger discussion about faculty recruiting and hiring practices […]
Since moving back to Canada in 2019, I’ve been curious as to how things looked in my own country, and so decided to repeat this study, but this time focusing on Canadian universities that offer MFAs in Creative Writing as well as MA or Ph.D. English degrees with Creative Writing thesis options.
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Our stay at Mile Post 5 has been a phenomenal experience. We have enjoyed having a large space to ourselves in which we’ve been able to not only exhibit the entire (and continually expanding) collection of books, but create a space where we’ve hosted readings, offered writing workshops, provided room for meetings, and enabled writers and artists of color to interact with each other, as well as the local community. Here’s an overview of what' we’ve done this summer.