Catherine Graham

Catherine Graham reads from her poetry collection, Pupa

Published by: Insomniac Press

Time of Reading: 5:17

Born in Hamilton, Ont., Catherine Graham is a poet, teacher and workshop leader. She teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto, where she was nominated for an Excellence in Teaching Award, and has seen her poetry published in The New Quarterly, LRC and The Fiddlehead. Her poems are also featured in Discovery Landing, Burlington's new waterfront building, and her work as a poetry coach is highlighted in Poet's Market 2007. In addition, she is Vice President of Project Bookmark Canada, a non-profit organization that seeks to mark the real places that serve as the settings for imagined stories. Her collection Pupa was published in 2003, and Catherine is currently working on her next poetry collection, scheduled for publication in 2008.

"The poems in Pupa, her first collection, are spiky little meditations so taut and tightly controlled they are almost claustrophobic. The poems' effect is all the more intense as a result.... Graham started publishing her poetry in British and Irish journals and anthologies, so she's probably better known overseas than here. This impressive collection should put her on the Canlit map." — The Toronto Star

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