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Margaret Christakos

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Margaret Christakos was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1962 and is the award-winning author of seven acclaimed poetry collections and a novel, Charisma, shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award. She teaches creative writing and runs ‘Influency: A Toronto Poetry Salon’ at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. Her most recent collection, What Stirs, was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award. Some of the themes in her work include the intersections of sexuality and identity, particularly within the gender and motherhood identities.

Christakos has a long relationship with designing and curating literary events in Toronto, trying to build community and interest new audiences in diverse poetics and poets. As Toronto representative for the League of Canadian Poets from 2000 to 2002, she organized the daylong poetry festival Poetry College, bringing together numerous poets in trendy restaurants along Toronto's College Street restaurant strip.

Bibliography
Other Words for Grace Poetry (The Mercury Press, 1994)
The Moment Coming Poetry (ECW Press, 1998)
Wipe Under A Love Poetry (The Mansfield Press, 2000)
Charisma Fiction (Pedlar Press, 2000)
Excessive Love Prostheses Poetry (Coach House Books, 2002)
Sooner (Coach House Books, 2005)

Awards
Trillium Book Award Shortlist (2001) - for Charisma
Bliss Carman Poetry Award (2001)
Queen Street Quarterly Poetry Contest, 2nd Prize (2001)
ReLit Award for Poetry (2003) - for Excessive Love Prostheses
Pat Lowther Memorial Award Shortlist (2006) - for Sooner

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Works in the Archive

Margaret Christakos - Discussion

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Margaret Christakos was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1962. She obtained her BFA in Visual Arts and Creative Writing from York University in 1985 and her MA in Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in 1995.

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Margaret Christakos - Q & A

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Margaret Christakos was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1962. She obtained her BFA in Visual Arts and Creative Writing from York University in 1985 and her MA in Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in 1995.

Submitted by Artmob Guest on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 20:42.

Margaret Christakos - Reading

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Margaret Christakos was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1962. She obtained her BFA in Visual Arts and Creative Writing from York University in 1985 and her MA in Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in 1995.

Submitted by Artmob Guest on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 20:43.

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