Jas M. Morgan

Jas M. Morgan
Morgan before 2S Ball 2019 - Ottawa
Occupation	Writer, professor
Language	English
Nationality	Canadian, Cree, Métis, Saulteaux
Alma mater	McGill University

Jas M. Morgan is an Indigenous Canadian writer, ^[1] who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBTQ writers in 2019. ^[2]

Biography

Morgan, of Cree, Saulteaux and Métis heritage, is a professor in the Department of English at Ryerson University. ^[3] They are also a doctoral student in art history at McGill University, and Editor-at-Large on Indigenous art for Canadian Art magazine. ^[4]

Their first book, nîtisânak, was published in 2018, and was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography at the 31st Lambda Literary Awards, ^[4] and for the Indigenous Voices Award for English-language literature. ^[4] They were identified as a Canadian writer to watch by CBC Books in 2019. ^[5]

They previously worked as editor for mâmawi-âcimowak, an Indigenous art journal. ^[6] Their writing has also appeared in GUTS, Malahat Review, Teen Vogue , Room, and other popular publications. ^[6] In 2019 they served as one of the CBC Nonfiction Prize readers. ^[7] Additionally, Morgan curated the 2019 Arts and Literary Magazines Summit. ^[6]

Awards

Yr	Work	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2018	Canadian Art Kinship issue	National Magazine Awards	Best Editorial Package	Nominated	[8]
2019	nîtisânak	Dayne Ogilive Prize	—	Won	[ citation needed ]
		Indigenous Voices Award	Published Prose in English	Shortlisted	[ citation needed ]
		Lambda Literary Awards	Lesbian Memoir/Biography	Shortlisted	[ citation needed ]
		Quebec Writers' Federation Awards	Concordia University First Book Prize	Nominated	[ citation needed ]
	"Sex Ed: Beyond the Classroom"	National Media Awards Foundation Digital Publishing Awards	Best Digital Editorial Package	Won	[ citation needed ]

Bibliography

• —— (2016). Critical Sass. bawajigaywin. ^[9]
• —— (2018). nîtisânak. Metonymy Press. ISBN   9780994047175. ^[10]

Academic Publishing

• —— (2018). Prairie Families: Cree-Métis-Saulteux Materialities as Indigenous feminist Materialist Record of Kinship-Based Selfhood (Master of Arts Thesis).
• —— (2018). "I Wonder Where They Went: Post-Reality Multiplicities and Counter-Resurgent Narratives in Thirza Cuthand's Lessons in Baby Dyke Theory". Canadian Theatre Review (175): 47–51.
• —— (2019). "Toward a Relational Historicization of Indigenous Art". Art Journal. 77 (4): 127–128.
• —— (July 2019). "Distorted Love: Mapplethorpe, the Neo/Classical Sculptural Black Nude, and Visual Cultures of Transatlantic Enslavement". Imaginations.

References

1. "'This is who I am': How young Indigenous artists are regenerating their roots".
2. "Jas M. Morgan". Writers' Trust of Canada. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
3. "Jas Morgan". Toronto Metropolitan University. Archived from the original on 2023-07-17. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
4. Huard, Adrienne. "The Vibrational Effects of Indigenous Burlesque". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
5. CBC Books (July 1, 2019). "19 Canadian writers to watch in 2019". CBC books. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
6. "About". Jas M. Morgan. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
7. "The Bridge with Nantali Indongo".
8. "Jas Morgan". Toronto Metropolitan University. Archived from the original on 2023-07-17. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
9. "Critical Sass Press: bawajigaywin". Jas M. Morgan. 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
10. "Press kit: nîtisânak by Jas M Morgan". Metonymy Press. Retrieved 2024-02-01.