i have been having tech trouble with this blog, so, posting pages as posts
cover image is a cyanotype by Brian Campbell, based on a photo he took at my inaugural book launch in east vancouver back in the day
this is a pic of my dad John (red shirt) and his siblings Don, David, Shirley, Bill/Jim, and Bill and Don's wives, my two aunts Helen
xo to all
joanne
Current book projects: as editor
“Returned: new & collected writings of Connie Fife” poetry & journals, on behalf of the family, with support of Shadbolt Fellowship
Tonewood poetry chapbook by Kurt Trczinski, Red Tower Press 2023
Seas Move Away poetry by Joanne Leow, contributing editor, Turnstone Press 2022
Standing in the Doorway by Jonina Kirton, poetry & nonfiction, substantive editor, Talon Books 2022
“Nothing is Forged Without Fire” poetry by Kagan Goh, DTES poetry grant
Rupture: North-West 1885 poetry & nonfiction by Walter Hildebrandt, Turnstone Press 2020
Moccasin Souls memoir by Jules Arita Koostachin, Kegedonce Press 2020
Approaching Fire poetry & nonfiction by Michelle Porter, Breakwater Books 2020
Honouring the Strength of Indian Women: Plays, Stories and Poetry by Vera Manuel, co-editor with Michelle Coupal, Deanna Reder, and Emalene Manuel, University of Manitoba Press 2019
Glitter & Fall, poetry by Di Brandt, Turnstone Press 2018
Unearthing Secrets, Gathering Truths, poetry by Jules Arita Koostachin, Kegedonce Press 2018
A Moon Made of Copper, poetry by Chris Bose, Kegedonce Press 2014
Salish Seas: an anthology of text + image, text editor, AWCWC 2011
Emerge 2010, Guest editor, The Writers Studio SFU 2010
Stone the Crow, poetry by Chris Bose, Kegedonce Press 2009
Related: Rice Paper Magazine, co-editor with Jim Wong-Chu & Lee Maracle
Special Double Issue: Aboriginal and Asian Canadian Writers 2012-13
Current book projects: as author
“my clothes are full of falling flowers” full-length poetry collection
“Record of a Live Birth & Other Stories” nonfiction collection
Halfling Spring: an internet romance
ISBN 978-0-9868740-6-2 Illustrations by Leo Yerxa
Kegedonce Press, Cape Croker ON 2013
Poetry, 128 pages OOP
A Night for the Lady
ISBN 978-1-55380-250-1 (print) ISBN 978-1-55380-251-8 (e-book) ISBN 978-1-55380-252-5 (pdf)
Ronsdale Press, Vancouver BC 2013
Poetry, 121 pages
Mother Time: Poems New & Selected
ISBN-10: 1-55380-046-X
ISBN-13: 978-1-55380-046-0
Ronsdale Press, Vancouver BC 2007
Poetry, 140 pages
Steepy Mountain love poetry
ISBN: 0-9731396-3-3
Kegedonce Press, Cape Croker ON 2004
Poetry, 78 pages OOP
Breasting the Waves: On Writing & Healing
ISBN: 0-88974-049-6
Press Gang Publishers, Vancouver BC 1995
Nonfiction, 164 pages OOP
Ma MacDonald
ISBN: 0-88974-049-6 Illustrations by Mary Anne Barkhouse
Women's Press, Toronto ON 1993
Children’s illustrated, 24 pages OOP
My Grass Cradle
ISBN: 0-88974-048-8
Press Gang Publishers, Vancouver BC 1992
Poetry, 72 pages OOP
Wiles of Girlhood
ISBN: 0-88974-034-8
Press Gang Publishers, Vancouver BC 1991
Poetry, 96 pages OOP
Chapbooks
Pandemic Friendship poetry ISBN 978-1-77460-225-6 above/ground press, Ottawa ON 2022
Pensive & beyond poetry ISBN 978-1-927751-10-7 Nomados Press, Vancouver BC 2019 OOP
The family of crow poetry ISBN 978-1-926655-43-7 Leaf Press, Nanaimo BC 2012 OOP
Longing: four poems on diverse matters poetry ISBN 978-0-9809278-6-3 Rubicon Press, Edmonton AB 2008 OOP
I have a box of each of my Kegedonce titles, so enthusiasts should contact me directly
Joanne Arnott is a Canadian citizen, born 16 Dec 1960 in Winnipeg.
She is mother to six young people, all born at home with dads and midwives: Stuart, Max, Lila, Isidore, Faust, Jules.
Recent genealogical research does not confirm our assumed Métis affiliation, so she should be received as a settler artist.
1960-67 St, James, Winnipeg
1967-71 East Vancouver
1971-1976 rural Portage la Prairie
1976-79 Windsor ON + later U of Windsor
-back to Portage (lived in town)
back to East Van
I have remained in the Lower Mainland of BC from autumn 1982, living in East Van, West End, Downtown Eastside, UBC, and Richmond.
All of my children were born here.
i have retired all three previous eponymous blogs, as long intended, while maintaining tribute and affiliate blogs
Aboriginal Writers Collective West Coast
i've retired from my roles as poetry editor for EVENT Magazine and poetry mentor for The Writers Studio (SFU), due to health issues featuring the lungs (no big surprise for a longtime smoker).
Family research has found our genealogical affiliation as Metis is "not proven," so, I am currently identifying as a brown settler. My paternal grandmother was identified as Metis by her Metis friends and associates. My aunt Shirley and uncle Don were card-carrying Metis (MMF), while my father wondered if we might be "look-alikes."
I made a lot of mistakes in my early days attempts to research the matter, so decided to step back and trust my eldest sister to complete the research. She has done so, and now believes that our specific heritage is all settler. While three of my four great-grandfathers have names associated with both Indigenous and settler families, she believes that our specific line of descent is settler. Her DNA research echoes/supports this pov.
The image above is of my dad and his sibs, with some lovemates.
More to come.
xojo
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