64. Poetry and What Matters w/ Jaclyn Desforges
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Jaclyn Desforges joins Andrew to talk about her debut poetry collection, Danger Flower. Andrew asks Jaclyn about mental health writing. It\'s a blast!
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\\nJaclyn Desforges is the author of Danger Flower (Palimpsest Press/Anstruther Books), one of CBC\'s picks for the best Canadian poetry of 2021. She\'s also the author of a picture book, Why Are You So Quiet? (Annick Press, 2020), which was nominated for a Chocolate Lily Award. Jaclyn is a Pushcart-nominated writer and the winner of the 2018 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices award, two 2019 Short Works Prizes, and a 2020 Hamilton Emerging Artist Award for Writing. She is an MFA candidate at the University of British Columbia\\u2019s School of Creative Writing and lives in Hamilton with her partner and daughter.
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\\nAndrew French is an author from North Vancouver, British Columbia. He has published two chapbooks, Do Not Discard Ashes (845 Press, 2020) and Poems for Different Yous (Rose Garden Press, 2021). Andrew has a BA in English from Huron University College at Western University and an MA in English from UBC. He writes poems, book reviews, and hosts this very podcast.
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