Poets

Frank O’Hara

Frank O’Hara is considered the quintessential New York School poet, along with his friends John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, and James Schuyler. O’Hara was…

Alison Smith

Alison Smith is the author of three books of poetry and one chapbook from Gaspereau Press. Her most recent collection, This Kind of Thinking Does No…

Carl Sandburg

Born in Illinois to Swedish immigrants, Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) made his name as a poet, writer, political organizer, and reporter, winning the…

Ariana Reines

Ariana Reines is a poet, playwright, and translator. Born in Salem, Massachusetts and now living in Queens, she has written nine books of poetry,…

Carl Phillips

Carl Phillips is the author of seventeen books of poetry, most recently Scattered Snows, to the North, and Then the War: And Selected Poems 2007-2020…

Wilfred Owen

Inspired by his friend and fellow war poet Siegfried Sassoon, British soldier Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) wrote brutal, frightening poems about the…

Joy Kogawa

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, poet and novelist Joy Kogawa was sent with her family to an internment camp for Japanese-Canadians during World…

Christian Bök

Born in Toronto, Christian Bök focuses on the intersection of language and science in his work. His first book of poetry, Crystallography, was…

Dominique Bernier-cormier

Siku Allooloo

Siku Allooloo is an Inuk/Haitian/Taíno filmmaker as well as an interdisciplinary artist, writer, decolonial advocate, and community builder from…

W. H. Drummond

The Irish-born poet William Henry Drummond (1854-1907) emigrated to Canada when he was a boy, settling in Montreal. Drummond practiced medicine for…

Matthew Rohrer

The author of seven books of poetry, Matthew Rohrer was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and raised in Oklahoma. His third collection, Nice Hat. Thanks…