Damian Rogers is an American-Canadian poet, journalist, and editor.

Life and career

Rogers was born in Detroit, Michigan. She received her undergraduate degree from the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

and her MFA in poetry from

Bennington College Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont, United States. Founded as a women’s college in 1932,

, before working as an editor at the

Poetry Foundation The Poetry Foundation is a United States literary society that seeks to promote poetry and lyricism in the wider culture. It was formed from ''Poetry'' magazine, which it continues to publish, with a 2003 gift of $200 million from philanthrop ...

and at magazines in New York City and

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. Her first book of poetry, ''Paper Radio'', was published by

ECW Press ECW Press is a Canadian book publisher located in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded by Jack David and Robert Lecker in 1974 as a Canada, Canadian literary magazine named ''Essays on Canadian Writing''. They started publishing trade and scholar ...

in 2009 and was nominated for a

Pat Lowther Award The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual Canadian literary award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman. The award was established in 1980 to honour poet Pat Lowther, who was murdered by ...

. Her second book, ''Dear Leader'', was published by

Coach House Books Coach House Books is an independent book publishing company located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Coach House publishes experimental poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction. The press is particularly interested in writing that pushes at the boundar ...

in 2015. It was a finalist for the

Trillium Book Award The Trillium Book Award ( or ''Prix Trillium'') is an annual literary award presented to writers in Ontario, Canada. It is administered by Ontario Creates, a Crown agency (Ontario), Crown agency of the Government of Ontario, which is overseen by ...

for Poetry in 2016. Her memoir ''An Alphabet for Joanna'' will be published by

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in 2019. Rogers is the founding creative director of Poetry in Voice, a poetry recitation competition for Canadian high school students, and the co-curator (with

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) of the Basement Revue, a Toronto music and literary event series. She has also worked as a poetry editor with

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and ''

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''. She lives in

with her husband, the drummer

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. Rogers currently teaches Creative Writing at

Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU, or Toronto Met), formerly Ryerson University, is a Public university, public research university located in Toronto, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, Toronto, Gar ...

Works

Poetry

* ''Paper Radio'' (

, 2009) * ''Dear Leader'' (

, 2015)

References

Living people Canadian women poets 21st-century Canadian poets Writers from Detroit Journalists from Detroit Poets from Michigan University of Michigan alumni Bennington College alumni 1972 births American emigrants to Canada 21st-century Canadian women writers 21st-century American poets Poets from Toronto {{Canada-poet-stub