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JAMI MACARTY

Jami Macarty gratefully recognizes Native Nations of the West—especially the Coast Salish and O’odham—as the traditional and rightful owners of lands where Jami has the privilege to live and learn—as a teacher at Simon Fraser University, as an independent editor, and as a writer of essays, reviews, and poetry. Jami is the author of The Minuses (Center for Literary Publishing, 2020), winner of the 2020 New Mexico/Arizona Book Award - Poetry Arizona, and three chapbooks, including Mind of Spring (Vallum, 2017), winner of the 2017 Vallum Chapbook Award. Jami’s writing has been honored by financial support from from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and British Columbia Arts Council; has recently appeared in Interim: Poetry & Poetics, Jet Fuel Review, and Vallum: Contemporary Poetry, and Volt; is forthcoming in The Capilano Review, Cascadia Zen, Concision Poetry Journal, Heron Tree, and Redivider.