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NICOLE MARKOTIC

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Room # 1120, Social Sciences Building
University of Calgary

2500 University Drive, NW

Calgary, Alberta

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email: markotic@ucalgary.ca

PRESENT POSITION

Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English at the University of Calgary: July 1997 present

POST-DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP

Position held as a Visiting Scholar in the English Department at the University of Pennsylvania. Research includes contemporary American poetry and poetics

EDUCATION

Doctorate in English, from the University of Calgary. Ph.D. thesis topic was the prose poem. My dissertation consists of a collection of poems (150 pp) as well as accompanying theoretical essay (150 pp), written under the supervision of Professor F. Wah. I successfully defended my Candidacy Exams on August 21, 1995 and my Ph.D. Dissertation defense was held on January 10, 1997

Courses: "20th-Century Theory" with Prof. P. McCallum; audited "bpNichol’s The Martyrology" with Prof. F. Wah; "Canadian Postmodernisms" with Prof. S. Rudy Dorscht; "20th-Century Poetics" with Prof. F. Wah

Masters of Arts in English from the University of Manitoba. Thesis: "Yellow Pages: A Catalogue of Intentions," a narrative about Alexander G. Bell and the construction/erasure of deaf culture, under the supervision of Prof. R. Kroetsch. I successfully defended my M.A. thesis on August 23, 1993

Critical Courses: "The Construction of Hero/Heroine" with Prof. R. Kroetsch; "Canadian Novel" with Prof. E. Hinz; "Contemporary Theory" with Prof. D. Arnason; "Swift" with Prof. W.J. Rempel; "Bibliography" with Prof. W.J. Rempel

AWARDS, GRANTS, PRIZES (Selected list)

Nominated for the Stephen G. Stephannson Poetry Book of the Year Award for Minotaurs & Other Alphabets, Alberta: April 1999

bpNichol Poetry Chapbook Award - Best short "book" of the year ($1 000) for my small press more excess chapbook. From the Phoenix Community Foundation. Toronto, Ontario: May 1998. Jury-reviewed National Award.

Short-listed for "the last of august," 12-poem series: CBC Tilden Literary Contest, Toronto, Ontario: March 1996

BOOK PUBLICATIONS

Minotaurs & Other Alphabets, with Wolsak & Wynn, Toronto, Ontario: fall 1998

Yellow Pages: A Catalogue of Intentions, novel published by Red Deer College Press, Red Deer, Alberta: May 1995

Connect the Dots, prose poetry collection published by Wolsak & Wynn, Toronto, Ontario: December 1994

ARTICLE PUBLICATIONS

"Illness and Disability." Foucault and the Government of Disability. Book edited by Shelley Tremain. Toronto: Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002 (forthcoming)

"Freedom’s Just Another Word / For Nothin’ Left to Close: Constructing the Female Desiring Body in Gail Scott’s Heroine." Gail Scott: collection. Montréal: Edited by Lianne Moyes: 2002 (solicited).

"The Golden Golden Boy." To be published in the book: Cultural Studies and Prairie Iconography. Edited by Méira Cook and Mark Libin (forthcoming)

 "Disabling the Viewer: Disability in Tod Browning’s Freaks." Screening Disability: Essays on Cinema and Disability. Edited by Anthony Enns and Chris Smit. Lanham, Maryland: University of America Press, 2001 (65-72)

 "‘GB’ to His Friends." To be published in Prairie Fire. Special Issue on David Arnason, edited by Doug Reimer. Winnipeg, Manitoba: forthcoming

"Narrotics: New Narrative and the Prose Poem." For Narrativity: a critical journal of innovative narrative website. Vol 1 (Winter 2000): 4 screen pages.

Essay on the "Problem Body." Introduction for "Coincidence of the Page" issue of Tessera magazine, volume 27. Toronto, Ontario (Winter 1999): 6-15

"Courts of Love." Feminism and the Language of Love: Living Archives of the Feminist League of Canadian Poets Caucus. Toronto, Ontario (1999): 25-41

"Freaks and Other Exclamation Marks: Misfit Citizens of Manitoba." Prairie Fire. Volume 20, #2 (Summer 1999): 176-183

"What the Crow Said." Co-written with Méira Cook. The New Quarterly. Volume 18, #1 (Spring 1998): (28-43)

"Syntax Equals Seriality: prose poetry tactics in bpNichol’s Martyrology," paper published in Beyond the Orchid: Essays on the Martyrology, edited by Roy Miki and Fred Wah, West Coast Line: January 1998

"Reconstructing Self: Interior Landscape and Female Identity in Sky Lee’s Disappearing Moon Café," paper published in Diverse Landscapes: Re-Reading Place Across Cultures in Contemporary Canadian Writing. Edited by Karin Beeler and Dee Horne. Prince George: UNBC Press, 1996 (128-138)

"homeopathic translations," with Susan Holbrook. Proceedings from the 7th Annual Free Exchange Graduate Conference. University of Calgary, Alberta: May 1995

Review Article on Jeff Derksen’s Dwell, for Contemporary Poets. Edited by Thomas Riggs. Detroit: St. James Press, Fall 1995

"Misogyny and the Movies," paper published in the Proceedings from the 6th Annual Free Exchange Graduate Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta: June 1994

"Freedom’s Just Another Word / For Nothin’ Left to Close / Desire Constructing Desire Constructing in Gail Scott’s Heroine," published in Tessera, vol 16, York, Ontario: Summer 1994

"The Telephone Dance and Mechanical Ecstasy in Leonard Cohen’s Beautiful Losers," published in Canadian Poetry, #33, London, Ontario: Fall/Winter 1993

"Feeling Lucky," co-written essay/interview in Open Letter, 8th Series #4, London, Ontario: Summer 1992

"The Temptation of Jesus," Review Article for CinemaScope Magazine, vol 5 #2, Calgary, Alberta: November 1990

Misled, prose and poetry by Susan Holbrook. Edited for Red Deer Press. Fall: 1999

Restlessness, novel by Aritha van Herk. Edited for Red Deer Press: Fall 1998

Flat Side, poetry book by Monty Reid. Edited for Red Deer College Press: Spring 1998

CHAPBOOK PUBLICATIONS

from _Reported Speech_. Edited by Roy Miki for use in his English Seminar at SFU. Special edition of 300 copies. Fall 2000.

more excess, by a west coast line occasional pamphlet, edited by Roy Miki, Vancouver, British Columbia: June 1997

he & [he], by dog ear press, edited by Susan Holloway, Winnipeg, Manitoba: February 1994

tracking the game, by disOrientation press, edited by Ashok Mathur, Calgary, Alberta: December 1992

LITERARY PUBLICATIONS

"In Turn" prose poem republished as one of six poems selected for City of Calgary Transit Bus System. August 1999 - May 2000.

"Like the Prose Back Home": six prose poems published in Filling Station Magazine. #16 (August 1999): 10-11

Four prose poems from "Reported Speech" published in In Grave Ink. #s 1 and 2 (August 1999): 1-2

"Temple T-Shirts": prose fiction published in Alberta Views. Volume 1, #3 (Summer 1998): 34

"cunt magic": poem published in In▼versions: an annual publication of mentoring artists for women’s art. Winnipeg, Manitoba: September 1998

Four poems from "in turn" published in Open Letter, "De:Scribing Albertas" issue. 10th series #2, Toronto, Ontario: Spring 1998

"double craving" and "after pluratity: the first-person pronoun": two poems in Written in the Skin: A Poetic Response to AIDS. Poetry anthology edited by Rob McLennan for Insomniac Press, Toronto, Ontario: fall 1998

"if i were in a cooley poem": tribute poem in Prairie Fire, vol. 18 #1, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Spring 1998

"to travel inside schoolyards" and "stranglehold": two poems in Qwerty, Fredericton, New Brunswick: Spring 1997

Two prose poems for the national anthology, Terrifying Longings. Edited by Rob McLennan. Toronto: Insomniac Press, forthcoming August 1997

"the last of august," prose poem for Filling Station’s Calendar Chapbook, Calendric: a small book of words, pictures, and dates, Calgary, Alberta: December, 1996

"Caramel in the Dark," short story in Fireweed #50, Toronto, Ontario: Winter 1995/96

"because the wood remembers" and "a lip, tucked under": two poems in West Coast Line, #16 (29/1), Vancouver, British Columbia: Spring/Summer 1995

Two poems for the national anthology, The Last Word: an Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Poetry. Edited by Michael Holmes. Toronto: Insomniac Press, September 1995

"café au lait," read on CBC’s Arts Tonight, national: May, 1995

Poetry read on the Women’s Television Network, national: January 27, 1995

"a houseshape, like a paragraph," prose poem in CB, #1, Toronto, Ontario: Fall 1994

"homeopathic translations," poem series written together with Susan Holbrook in absinthe magazine, vol 7 #1, Calgary, Alberta: July 1994

"portage" and "talk-talking": two prose poems in The Capilano Review, Series 2, #12, Vancouver, British Columbia: March 1994

"in Trinidad" and "the country that used to be Ceylon": two poems in Filling Station, vol 1 #1, Calgary, Alberta: February 1994

"except" and "that old joke": two poems in absinthe magazine, vol 6 #2, Calgary, Alberta: December 1993

"sistered," prose poem in Contemporary Verse 2, vol 16 #1, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Summer 1993

"Sun in Sagittarius/Moon in Gemini," prose poem in Next Exit, #21, Kingston, Ontario: Spring, 1993

"The Sequel," poem series in Open Letter, 8th Series, numbers 5-6, London, Ontario: Winter/Spring, 1993

"hockey in south africa" and "our father": two prose poems in West Coast Line, number nine (26/3), Vancouver, BC: Winter 1992 - 93

"Stopping," short story in VOX Magazine, #107, Calgary, Alberta: January 1993

"Hang Your Hat in Texas," short story in Prairie Fire, vol 13 #4, Winnipeg, Manitoba: December 1992

"into," poem in absinthe literary magazine, vol 4 #2, Calgary, Alberta: April, 1992

"the last of august," prose poem read on CBC Information Radio: The Afternoon Edition, Winnipeg, Manitoba: January 23, 1992

"Salvation By Proxy," short story in Eaten of Worms, Second Wednesday Press, Calgary, Alberta: November 1991

Poetry reading for COR FM Radio, Winnipeg, Manitoba: November 3, 1991

"no goodbye, just" and "hockey in south africa": two pieces read on CJSW Radio, Pandora’s Studio, Calgary, Alberta: August 20, 1991

"café au lait," prose poem read for the Oral Anthology at Canterbury’s Books: May 3, 1991

"Tightrope," short story read on CBC Radio, The Homestretch, Calgary, Alberta: March 27, 1991

"Fool," short story in Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature, number 15, Calgary, Alberta: January 1991

"no goodbye, just" prose piece in Letters to You, Second Wednesday Press, Calgary, Alberta: November 1990

"Thinking Torben," short story in VOX magazine, #80, Calgary, Alberta: September 1990

"Wooden War," short story in Other Voices, vol 2 #2, Edmonton, Alberta: November 1989

"Classification Cacticae," short story published in the real eric manx, Second Wednesday Press, Calgary, Alberta: October 1989

Two poems in SansCrit, vol 1, #2, Calgary, Alberta: September 1989

Two poems in Prairie Fire, vol 10, #1, Winnipeg, Manitoba: February 1989

Two poems in blue buffalo, vol 6, #2, Calgary, Alberta: March 1988

"Tightrope," short story in Mermaid Tales, Calgary, Alberta: October 1988

"Tasting Tomorrow," short story in Secrets from the Orange Couch, vol 1, #2, Killam, Alberta: August 1988

"Blood of my Blood," short story in The Red Dress Anthology Second Wednesday Press, Calgary, Alberta: October 1987

"Connect the Dots" and "Café au Lait" translated by David Albahari into Serbian-Croatian. #46 Magazine. June 1998: 66-67.

  CONFERENCE PAPERS

"Not Leaving Well Enough Alone: Rosemary Nixon’s Cocky Expatriates." The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: November 17-21, 1999

 "Love and the Courtly Tradition in Contemporary Poetry." Discussion paper given as part of the panel: The Language of Love: Has it Changed Since Feminism? League of Canadian Poets Annual Conference. Winnipeg, Manitoba: May 27-30, 1999

 "Disabling the Viewer: Perceptions of Disability in Tod Brownings Freaks," paper given at the Cinema & Disability Conference. University of Iowa, Iowa City: March 26-28, 1999

"The Deviant Classroom: Education and the Deaf Student," paper for the annual MLA Conference in San Francisco, CA: December 27 - 30, 1998

"Constructing the Deaf Female Subject," paper given at Fulfilling Possibilities: Women and Girls with Disabilities. Eighth Annual Women’s Studies Conference. Southern Connecticut State University. New Haven, Connecticut: October 2-3, 1998

"Notions of ‘the Freak’ in Rob Budde’s Misshapen, paper given at the Defining the Prairies Conference at the University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba: September 24-26, 1998

"Health and Sickness: Representations of ‘Deaf" ASL Speakers as Ill or Disabled," paper given at the annual ACCUTE Conference in Ottawa, Ontario: May 27-30, 1998

"The Cock’s Egg and Other Displaced Canadians," paper for the North East MLA Conference. For the panel Other Places, Other Spaces in Baltimore, Maryland: April 15-17, 1998

"The Search for the Perfect Lipstick: Metaphor and Metamorphosis in Suzette Mayr’s Moon Honey," paper given at the Modern Language Association Conference (MLA), Toronto, Ontario: December 27 - 30, 1997

"Disabling the Manual Voice: Constructions of ASL Speakers as ‘Deaf-&-Dumb’ Subjects," paper given at the Body Projects I Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: September 17 - 20, 1997

"Look & See: Assembling and Publishing in Canada," paper give at Women and Technology Conference, Leeds, UK: July 2-5, 1997

"The Retreat of the Aphorism," paper given at A Likely Story: The Writing of Robert Kroetsch Conference, Waterloo, Ontario: June 12-15, 1997

"Lips that Speak: Metaphor and Metamorphosis in Suzette Mayr’s Moon Honey," paper given for de:Scribing Albertas: A Conference on Contemporary Alberta Writing, Edmonton, Alberta: September 6, 1996

"Crossing the Border: The Prose Poem as Feminist Oppositional Genre," paper given for Assembling Alternatives: An International Poetry Conference, Durham, New Hampshire: August 29, 1996

"Excess and Then Some: Following the Paths of Desire in (and out) of Erin Mouré’s Furious," paper delivered for the North East MLA, McGill University, Montréal, Québec: April 19, 1996

"Syntax Equals Seriality: prose poetry tactics in bpNichol’s Martyrology," paper delivered for Beyond the Orchard: A Joint Graduate Colloquium on bpNichol’s Martyrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta: April 9, 1995

"Blaming the Bees: Constructions of Female Desire in What the Crow Said" paper delivered for the Writes of Spring Conference, Red Deer, Alberta: March 25, 1995

"homeopathic translations," paper/performance delivered with Susan Holbrook for the 7th annual Free Exchange Graduate Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta: March 18, 1995

"De-Centring the Whole: Women and Subjectivity," paper delivered for the Gender Research Symposium, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta: March 8, 1995

"Landscape of the Lie: Constructions of Female Identity in Sky Lee’s Disappearing Moon Cafe," paper delivered at the University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia: October 29, 1994

"Misogyny and the Movies," paper delivered for 6th Annual Free Exchange Graduate Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta: March 18 - 19, 1994

"The Telephone Dance and Mechanical Ecstasy in Leonard Cohen’s Beautiful Losers," paper delivered for the Leonard Cohen: Singer as Lover, Reconsidered Conference, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta: October 22 - 24, 1993

  Member of the Editorial Advisory board for HOW(2) online feminist journal. San Francisco (1999-present).

Editorial Collective member for Tessera magazine, a journal of feminist literature and art: Fall 1998 - present (reading/evaluating submissions, constructing special issues, soliciting writing and artwork, proofing). Toronto/Calgary

P.H.1 co-editor: 1997-1998 (reading selections, soliciting writing) Philadelphia

REVIEWS PUBLISHED

Review of Traffick by Rob Budde. For Calgary Straight, vol 3, #114 (August 31-September 6, 2000): 8

Swallowing Clouds: An Anthology of Chinese-Canadian Poetry. Edited by Andy Quan and Jim Wong-Chu. For Calgary Straight, vol 3, #106 (July 6-12, 2000): 8

Mothertalk: Life Stories of Mary Kiyoshi Kiyooka by Roy Kiyooka (edited by Daphne Marlatt), for Canadian Ethnic Studies. Montreal, Quebec: vol 31, #2 (1999): 159-160

Citizen Suarez by Guillermo Verdecchia and Fearless Warriors by Drew Hayden, for The Canadian Forum. Toronto, Ontario: November 1998

Renga by Rachel Blau DuPlessis, for P.H.1, magazine. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: October 1998

Her Head a Village & Other Stories by Makeda Silvera, for Prairie Fire, Winnipeg, Manitoba: vol.16, #4, Winter 1995 - 96

Lion’s Granddaughter and Other Stories by Yasmin Ladha, for Prairie Fire, Winnipeg, Manitoba: vol 14, #2, Summer 1993

So Far by Fred Wah, for Border Crossings, Winnipeg, Manitoba: vol 11, #2, April 1992

Fox by Margaret Sweatman, for The Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta: October 5 1991

Breath Dances Between Them by M.T. Kelly, for The Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta: June 22 1991

The Last Voyage of Somebody The Sailor by John Barth, for The Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta: January 19 1991

Meatless Days by Sara Suleri, for CJSW Radio, Calgary, Alberta: October 14 1990

Grace Lake by Glen Huser, for The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alberta: September 29 1990

Canadian Sunset by David McFadden, for VOX magazine, #74, Calgary, Alberta: February 1990

A Natural Curiosity by Margaret Drabble and Eva Luna by Isabel Allende, for VOX magazine, #71, Calgary, Alberta: November 1989

The Prowler by Kristjana Gunnars, for VOX magazine, #70, Calgary, Alberta: October 1989

In The Skin Of A Lion by Michael Ondaatje, for VOX magazine, #59, Calgary, Alberta: November 1988

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, for VOX magazine, #54, Calgary, Alberta: July 1988

INTERVIEWS

By Randi Spires, for CIUT Campus Radio Station. Toronto, Ontario: September 21, 1998

By Cybèle Creery and Heather Fitzgerald, for CJSW radio, Calgary, Alberta: forthcoming 1998

Interviewed by Brenda Finley, for CBC Midday Express, Calgary, Alberta: October 25, 1996

By Renée Groves and Patrick Rengger. For "The Word is Out," article on various Calgary writers. Avenue Magazine. Calgary: Avenue Publications, October 1996

By Monica Miller, for CKUA, Edmonton, Alberta: November 19, 1995

By Alison Theodore, for Write On, CKCU FM, Ottawa, Ontario: September 8, 1995

Interview article by Siobhan Thomas, for The Gauntlet, vol 35 #33, Calgary, Alberta: March 9, 1995

Interview article on Calgary’s literary scene, by Peter Oliva, for Quill & Quire, vol 61 (3), Toronto, Ontario: March 1995

Interviewed by Susan Helwig, for CKLN, Toronto, Ontario: April 4, 1995

By Randi Spires, Frontiers in Print, for CIUT, Toronto, Ontario: February 6, 1995

By Sian Cansfield, By All Means, for CIUT, Toronto, Ontario: February 5, 1995

By Jeff Collins, for CBC, The Eyeopener, Calgary, Alberta: September 6, 1993

By Theresa Smalec, for CJSW, Calgary, Alberta: January 12, 1993

By Heidi Rees, The Purple Dot, for COR FM Radio, Winnipeg, Manitoba: November 3, 1991

By Jeff Collins, The Homestretch, for CBC, Calgary, Alberta: March 17, 1989

WRITING REVIEWED

            - Rob Gray, for Prairie Fire #17 (2), review of Yellow Pages, Winnipeg,

                        Manitoba: Fall 1996

            - Darlene Golke, for Canadian Fiction Review Annual, review of Yellow Pages,

                        Ottawa, Ontario: Spring 1996

            - Theresa Smalec, for West Coast Line #18 (29/3), review of Connect the Dots,

                        Vancouver, British Columbia: Winter 1995 - 96

            - Theresa Shea, for NeWest Review 21, review of Connect the Dots, Regina,

                        Saskatchewan: December 1995 - January 1996

            - Robert Budde, for Border Crossings vol 14 (4), review of Yellow Pages,

                        Winnipeg, Manitoba: November 1995

            - Tamara Fairchild, for Hook & Ladder vol 2 (1), review of Connect the Dots,

                        Ottawa, Ontario: Fall 1995

            - Valerie Compton, for The Edmonton Journal, review of Yellow Pages,

                        Edmonton, Alberta: Sunday, August 6, 1995

            - Blaine Kyllo, for Filling Station magazine #5, review of Yellow Pages, Calgary,

                        Alberta: June 1995

            - Russ Rickie, for Filling Station magazine #5, review of Connect the Dots,

                        Calgary, Alberta: June 1995

            - Zsuzsi Gartner, for Georgia Strait vol 29 (1431), review of Yellow Pages,

                        Vancouver, British Columbia: May 26 - June 2, 1995

            - Todd Kimberly, for The Calgary Herald, review of Yellow Pages, Calgary,

                        Alberta: Saturday, June 24, 1995

            - Cary Fagan, for The Globe & Mail, review of Yellow Pages, Toronto, Ontario:

                        Saturday, May 27, 1995

            - Carmelita McGrath, for Books in Canada vol 24 (5), review of Connect the

                        Dots, Toronto, Ontario: Summer 1995

·                                Marnie Hull, for Zygote vol 2 #6, review of he & [he], Winnipeg, Manitoba:

Fall 1994

            - Debra Dudek, for Prairie Fire vol 15 #3, review of he & [he], Winnipeg,

                        Manitoba: August 1994

            - John Kennedy, for Excaliber, review of tracking the game, York, Ontario: Fall

                        1993

MAGAZINE EDITING AND CHAPBOOK PUBLISHING

Co-editor (Canadian) HOW2 web-magazine. San Francisco, California. 199 - present

Co-editor Tessera magazine. Toronto Ontario: 1998 - present

Co-editor P.H. magazine. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1998 - 2000

Editorial Board for West Coast Line magazine. Vancouver, British Columbia: 1996 - 1998

Co-publisher, with Ashok Mathur, of disOrientation chapbooks:

            - Anatomy of a Nymphomaniac, by Shawna Dempsey, Calgary and Winnipeg:

                        October 1997

            - Song of Sabu, by Ian Rashid, Calgary, Alberta: June 1994

            - the ruby garrote, by Méira Cook, Winnipeg, Manitoba: February 1994; Calgary,

                        Alberta: May 1994 (Short-listed for the Manitoba Chapbook Prize, 1996)

            - Market rinse, by Roy Miki, Calgary, Alberta: December 1993

            - Revisions of Letters Already Sent, by Robert Kroetsch, Crowsnest, Alberta:

                        June 1993

            - Search Procedures or, Lake This, by Erin Mouré, Crowsnest, Alberta: June

                        1993

            - Tea, by Hiromi Goto, postcard poem and art, Calgary, Alberta: November 1992

            - Mm, by Charlene Diehl-Jones, Winnipeg, Manitoba: November 1992

            - The Random Flow of Blood and Flowers, by Greg Young-Ing, Calgary, Alberta:

                        November 1992

            - Altitude X 2, by Janice Williamson, Calgary, Alberta: June 1992

            - chapbook-in-progress, by various writers, TWO words AND AN object OF

                        desire, Winnipeg, Manitoba: March 13, 1992

            - Bridal Hands on the Maple, by Yasmin Ladha, Calgary, Alberta: January 1992

            - Summer Braille, by Sonia Smee, Calgary, Alberta: April 1991

            - Into Skin, by Ashok Mathur, Calgary, Alberta: April 1991

·                                Zebra Talk, by Suzette Mayr, Calgary, Alberta: March 1991

Managing Editor for Second Wednesday Press Chapbooks, Calgary, Alberta: October 1987 - present:

- Co-edited and designed Letters to You, story anthology, Calgary, Alberta:

November 1990

- Edited and designed the real eric manx, story anthology, Calgary, Alberta:

October 1989

- Edited, formatted, and designed Mermaid Tales, story anthology, Calgary,

Alberta: October 1988

- Editing, formatting, and Design for The Red Dress Anthology, anthology

                        collection by various Calgary authors, Calgary, Alberta: October, 1987

Co-edited Secrets from the Orange Couch, vol 3, #1, Calgary, Alberta: April 1990

Co-edited Secrets from the Orange Couch, vol 2, #1, Calgary, Alberta: April 1989

Fiction Editor for VOX magazine, Calgary, Alberta: September 1988 - May 1989

Edited, designed, and produced the first issue of Secrets from the Orange Couch, Calgary, Alberta: April 1988

Copy editor and lay-out design for VOX magazine, Calgary, Alberta: November 1987 - August 1988

FREELANCE EDITING AND BOOK MARKETING

Freelance-edited Diamond Grill, novel manuscript by Fred Wah, published by NeWest Press, Edmonton, Alberta: Fall 1996

Freelance-edited The Hummingbird’s Head, fiction manuscript for Lisa Brawn, Calgary, Alberta: December 1995

Freelance-edited Moon Honey, novel by Suzette Mayr, published by NeWest Press, Edmonton, Alberta: Fall 1995

Edited Random Access File, poetry book by Roy Miki, for Red Deer College Press, Red Deer, Alberta: April 1995

Freelance Editing for the University of Manitoba Teaching Services Handbook, Winnipeg, Manitoba: May 1993

Contract work in promotion, marketing, and editing for Red Deer College Press, Red Deer, Alberta: May - August 1992

Edited and formatted Alley Alley Home Free by Fred Wah for Red Deer College Press, Red Deer, Alberta: June - July 1992

Indexed The Flying Dinosaurs for Red Deer College Press, Red Deer, Alberta: August 1991

Edited Places Far From Ellesmere by Aritha van Herk for Red Deer College Press, Red Deer, Alberta: July 1990

Indexed The Last Great Dinosaurs by Monty Reid illustrated by Jan Sovak for Red Deer College Press, Red Deer, Alberta: August 1990

Copy-edited and formatted The Hockey Fan Came Riding by Birk Sproxton and Vanity Shades by Mary Howes for Red Deer College Press, Red Deer, Alberta: June - July 1990

Contract work in promotion, marketing, and editing for Red Deer College Press, Red Deer, Alberta: May - August 1990

Edited Story for a Saskatchewan Night by Douglas Barbour, These Lawns by Monty Reid, I Wanted To Say Something by Barry McKinnon, three poetry books for Red Deer College Press, Red Deer, Alberta: November - December 1989

Edited and formatted The Best of Seasons, cookbook by Judy Schultz, for Red Deer College Press, Red Deer, Alberta: August 1989

FREELANCE WRITING

Video script for a training video on SPSS/PC+ for Academic Computing Services, University of Calgary, Alberta: May 1991 - August 1991, production completed Fall 1992

 

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