Academic Publications
"Rent: Constructing Community" appears in the International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics 11.2. Can a community – a culture – produce change and evidence "transformative practice"? This article investigates the process by which marginalized individuals incite change through the means of language within their cultural communities. The musical Rent is the case study. Rent evidences that community constructed through creativity and defined by love can inspire change. |
"John MacKenzie's 'Georgetown Memories': Re-imagining Home and Homeland" appears in Discovering Diasporas: A Multidisciplinary Approach. In "Georgetown Memories," John MacKenzie challenges the concept of diaspora in aligning two distinct entities: an 8th-Century male narrator in China with a 19th-Century female narrator in Prince Edward Island. In this paper, I examine "Georgetown Memories" and the politics of a search for "home" in an attempt to achieve a sense of belonging. |
Forthcoming: "Reread, Relisten, Resound: Sound in Clean and Dirty Concrete Poetry." London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research. Oxford, UK. "The Silence of a Falling Star: John MacKenzie’s Narration of Hank Williams’s Grief." Of Loss and Longing: Communicating Cross-Cultural & Affective Encounters in Literature. Liverpool UP. "Silence is Insufficient: Narrating the Pain of the Holocaust." International Journal of Literature and Psychology. Editor. Sherard, Robert Harborough. The Life of Oscar Wilde. 1906. A Texting Wilde Project Digital Edition. Texting Wilde Project, PI & Gen. Ed. Jason A. Boyd (Forthcoming Online). |
Creative Publications
"601 Christie Street" appears in the inaugural issue of Canthius.
This short poem explores themes of place, memory, absence, and belonging. (Issue 01 Currently Sold Out) |
"A440" and "Fire of Conflict" appear in Sewerlid Magazine, issue 2. These poems play with literary allusion to examine personal identity in a fracturing world. |
"here" won second place in the Naugatuck River Review's 2019 Narrative Poetry Contest and was published in issue 23.
This poem examines the stasis of a small town and the people who live in it. |
List of Publications
Published
"here." Naugatuck River Review, no. 23, Winter/Spring 2020, pp. 8-9.
"Fire." and "A440." Sewer Lid Magazine, issue 2, 2016, web.
"601 Christie Street." Canthius, no. 1, 2015, p. 39.
"Rent: Constructing Community." International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, edited by Tine Vekemans and Natasha Miletic, vol. 11, no. 2, 2015, pp. 225-38.
"John MacKenzie's 'Georgetown Memories': Re-imagining Home and Homeland." Discovering Diaspora: A Multidisciplinary Approach.
Inter-disciplinary Press, 2015, pp. 141-50.
Forthcoming
"Reread, Relisten, Resound: Sound in Clean and Dirty Concrete Poetry." London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research. Oxford, UK.
"The Silence of a Falling Star: John MacKenzie’s Narration of Hank Williams’s Grief." Of Loss and Longing: Communicating Cross-Cultural &
Affective Encounters in Literature. Liverpool UP.
Editor. Sherard, Robert Harborough. The Life of Oscar Wilde. 1906. A Texting Wilde Project Digital Edition. Texting Wilde Project, PI & Gen. Ed. Jason A. Boyd (Forthcoming Online).
"Silence is Insufficient: Narrating the Pain of the Holocaust." International Journal of Literature and Psychology.
Online Blog Posts
"To Trillium and Beyond: The 2015 Trillium Awards and the Future of Women Writers." Canthius Blog. 9 July 2015.
"Engaging Theseus by Wayne Clifford and bpNichol: Reader’s Questions" BookThug Blog. 19 August 2014.
"'As Many Entrances and Exits as are Possible': An Interview with Stephen Cain, editor of bp:beginnnings by bpNichol." BookThug Blog. 27 June 2014.
"'Tension of the Border': An Interview with Angela Carr, writer of Here in There." BookThug Blog. 18 June 2014.
"Buy! Sell! Stay! – Toronto Indie Arts Market, Small Press and Literary Festival." BookThug Blog. 6 June 2014.
"The Fun Questionnaire: Erín Moure’s Process." BookThug Blog. 5 June 2014.
"May Busy-ness." BookThug Blog. 4 June 2014.
"In Translation of Secession / Insecession: A Dialogue Between Reader and Author." BookThug Blog. 2 June 2014.
"A Night for the Books – Improvisational Sound Poetry with Aisha Sasha John." BookThug Blog. 2 June 2014.
"Calgary: Loft 112 Opens!" BookThug Blog. 20 May 2014.
"here." Naugatuck River Review, no. 23, Winter/Spring 2020, pp. 8-9.
"Fire." and "A440." Sewer Lid Magazine, issue 2, 2016, web.
"601 Christie Street." Canthius, no. 1, 2015, p. 39.
"Rent: Constructing Community." International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, edited by Tine Vekemans and Natasha Miletic, vol. 11, no. 2, 2015, pp. 225-38.
"John MacKenzie's 'Georgetown Memories': Re-imagining Home and Homeland." Discovering Diaspora: A Multidisciplinary Approach.
Inter-disciplinary Press, 2015, pp. 141-50.
Forthcoming
"Reread, Relisten, Resound: Sound in Clean and Dirty Concrete Poetry." London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research. Oxford, UK.
"The Silence of a Falling Star: John MacKenzie’s Narration of Hank Williams’s Grief." Of Loss and Longing: Communicating Cross-Cultural &
Affective Encounters in Literature. Liverpool UP.
Editor. Sherard, Robert Harborough. The Life of Oscar Wilde. 1906. A Texting Wilde Project Digital Edition. Texting Wilde Project, PI & Gen. Ed. Jason A. Boyd (Forthcoming Online).
"Silence is Insufficient: Narrating the Pain of the Holocaust." International Journal of Literature and Psychology.
Online Blog Posts
"To Trillium and Beyond: The 2015 Trillium Awards and the Future of Women Writers." Canthius Blog. 9 July 2015.
"Engaging Theseus by Wayne Clifford and bpNichol: Reader’s Questions" BookThug Blog. 19 August 2014.
"'As Many Entrances and Exits as are Possible': An Interview with Stephen Cain, editor of bp:beginnnings by bpNichol." BookThug Blog. 27 June 2014.
"'Tension of the Border': An Interview with Angela Carr, writer of Here in There." BookThug Blog. 18 June 2014.
"Buy! Sell! Stay! – Toronto Indie Arts Market, Small Press and Literary Festival." BookThug Blog. 6 June 2014.
"The Fun Questionnaire: Erín Moure’s Process." BookThug Blog. 5 June 2014.
"May Busy-ness." BookThug Blog. 4 June 2014.
"In Translation of Secession / Insecession: A Dialogue Between Reader and Author." BookThug Blog. 2 June 2014.
"A Night for the Books – Improvisational Sound Poetry with Aisha Sasha John." BookThug Blog. 2 June 2014.
"Calgary: Loft 112 Opens!" BookThug Blog. 20 May 2014.
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