this just in & i am so overwhelmed, i have no words! 😭💖😭💖 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU everyone who supported the birthing of #ZOMFAM immense gratitude to @writerstrust & the jury for seeing this work. congrats to @msxms & @jaye_simpson 🌸 what a testament to poetry! what a testament to BIPOC femme voices! my heart is bursting with love 💕 #Repost @writerstrust ・・・ @KamaLaMackerel is a 2021 #DayneOgilvie Prize for #LGBTQ2S+ #EmergingWriters fianlist! $10,000 winner announced online June 23. writerstrust.com/DayneOgilvie “Kama La Mackerel’s #poetry is a sensuous and fiercely political exploration of gender, familial love, and the intergenerational impacts of colonization. Their multilingual, lyrical poems entrance with hypnotic rhythm and tell a story that spans decades and borders. La Mackerel captures the power of connections maintained in spite of the blunt, relentless pain of distance. Wooing the reader with a carefully orchestrated, gentle lapping of words, they then jolt us with earned, splashy staccatos of euphoria.” — 2021 Dayne Ogilvie Prize jury (Daniel Allen Cox, Eva Crocker, and Danny Ramadan) Kama La Mackerel is a #MauritianCanadian multi-disciplinary artist, educator, writer, community arts facilitator, and literary translator. La Mackerel has exhibited and performed their work internationally and their #writing in English, French, and #Kreol has appeared in publications both online and in print. In 2020, their debut #poetrycollection #ZOMFAM was named a best #bookofpoetry by CBC, a #bestbook debut by The Globe and Mail, and was shortlisted for the Concordia University #FirstBook Prize. La Mackerel lives in tio’tia:ke (#Montreal). (at Writers' Trust of Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPV8P1onnHR/?utm_medium=tumblr
