Gay Allison | |
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Born | 1953 Saskatchewan, Canada |
Occupation(s) | Poet, Editor, English Teacher |
Gay Allison (born 1953) is a Canadian poet, editor, and English teacher. She was the fiction editor of The Canadian Forum, poetry editor of Waves, founding editor of a feminist journal, Fireweed , [1] co-editor of Landscape, [2] and founding member of the Women's Writing Collective of Toronto. Additionally, Allison is an advisory board member of Tiger Lily, a journal by women of colour. Allison is also a full member of the League of Canadian Poets. [3]
She was the recipient of the Poetry Award from the Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario (FWTAO) in 1982 and 1986. [4]
Allison was born in Saskatchewan. She has since lived in Saskatoon, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Toronto.
Allison's poetry in The Unravelling, focuses on daily life "at a slow meditative pace." [5]
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