Joelle Barron

Joelle Barron is a Canadian poet and activist, whose debut poetry collection Ritual Lights was published in 2018.[1] The book was a longlisted nominee for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2019,[2] and Barron was a shortlisted finalist for the Writers' Trust of Canada's 2019 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBTQ writers.[3]

Barron, who uses gender-neutral pronouns, lives in Kenora, Ontario, where they are active as an organizer of the local LGBTQ youth group and the Kenora Pride festival.[4]

References

  1. ^ Annick MacAskill, "Rituals of Healing and Survival: A Review of Joelle Barron’s Ritual Lights". Plenitude, January 31, 2019.
  2. ^ Ryan Porter, "League of Canadian Poets announces 2019 Book Awards longlists". Quill & Quire, April 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "Joelle Barron, Lindsay Nixon, Casey Plett named finalists for $5K LGBTQ emerging writers prize". CBC Books, May 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "Kenora Pride announces dates". Lake of the Woods Enterprise, March 2, 2017.


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