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Tanya
Evanson is an Antiguan-Canadian writer and performer from
Tio'tia:ke/Montreal. She is a graduate of Concordia University Creative
Writing and program director of Banff Centre Spoken Word. Evanson has released four audio recordings including ZENSHIP
(2016) and recent spoken word performances include Suoni per il Popolo,
Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Tasmanian Poetry Festival, Edinburgh
Book Festival and Glastonbury Festival. Her book of poetry Bothism is forthcoming from Ekstasis Editions in 2017 and Nouveau Griot from Frontenac House in 2018. Recent publications include WSQ (Feminist Press), 40 Years of Room Magazine (Caitlin Press), Resist Much / Obey Little (Dispatches Edition) and Where the Night are Twice as Long (Goose Lane). Evanson
is a past recipient of the Golden Beret Award and was Poet of Honour at
the 2013 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. She moonlights as a whirling dervish.
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