[ writing things ]
POETRY CHAPBOOK
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taliped. 845 Press, October 2023.
CHILDREN'S BOOK
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The Pickle in Grandma's Fridge. YNWP, May 2022.
POETRY
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"What's in a Name?" poetry pause, League of Canadian Poets, June 4, 2024.
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"At the Shine in St. Laurent." poetry pause, League of Canadian Poets, May 8, 2024.
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"Learning to Bead." poetry pause, League of Canadian Poets, November 25, 2022.
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“purged.” Grain Magazine, vol 49, no 4, 2022.
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“Surgery Day Celebration.” Rogue Agent, July 2022.
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“otipemisiwak.” Room Magazine, vol 45, no 1, 2022.
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“Losing the Excess.” PRISM International, vol 60, no 2, Winter 2022.
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Two poems. The Anti-Langorous Project, vol 10, Fall 2021.
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*“Learning to Bead.” The Malahat Review, vol 215, Summer 2021.
*nominated by The Malahat Review for a National Magazine Award
*included in Notable Poems section of Best Canadian Poetry 2023, guest edited by John Barton
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“Out with the Laundry.” Apart: A Year of Pandemic Poetry and Prose, edited by Dave Margoshes and Courtney Bates-Hardy, Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, 2021.
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“dreams of futures past.” Kiiyaanaan Aykwaa: Us Now, vol 1, no 1, MN-S, Spring 2021.
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“Elegy in Dashboard Lights.” spring magazine, vol 12, March 2021.
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Two poems. Arc Poetry Magazine, vol 92, Summer 2020.
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Two poems. untethered magazine, vol 5, no 1, January 2020.
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Two poems. [space] vol 7, Department of English, University of Regina, 2016.
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“Andalucía.” [space] vol 6, Department of English, University of Regina, 2015.
ESSAYS / ARTICLES / INTERVIEWS
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Howl 89.5 fm radio interview for National Poetry Month (23 April 2024)
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"Does the poet life have to be so lonely?" Freelance Magazine, Saskatchewan Writers' Guild, vol 53, no 4, Fall 2023.
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"Which came first: the form or the words?" Freelance Magazine, Saskatchewan Writers' Guild, vol 53, no 3, Summer 2023.
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"Are there really no bad poems?" Freelance Magazine, Saskatchewan Writers' Guild, vol 53, no 2, Spring 2023.
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"When it comes to truth in poetry, can I say that?" Freelance Magazine, Saskatchewan Writers' Guild, vol 53, no 1, Winter 2023.
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"Disability: Exploring identity, disability, and art" - CBC Radio One's Blue Sky, with
Elena Bentley, Rev. Kathleen James-Cavan, and Adam Pottle (aired January 26, 2023)
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“Elena Bentley.” poetry mini interviews, created by Thomas Whyte, 16 November to 21 December 2021.
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“Elena Bentley: My (Small Press) Writing Day Night.” My (Small Press) Writing Day, created by rob mclennan, 1 July 2021.
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“Métis Pitcher Scored on the Field and at the Métis Nation Provincial Registry, New Breed Magazine, GDI/MN-S, 9, Winter 2019.
BOOK REVIEWS
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But the sun, and the ships, and the fish, and the waves., by Conyer Clayton, Arc Poetry Magazine, April 2023.
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Girl running, by Diana Hope Tegenkamp, CV2 Magazine, vol 45, no 1, Summer 2022.
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Go, by Shelley A. Leedahl, SASKBOOKS REVIEWS, 27 July 2022.
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Your Very Own, by John Nyman, SASKBOOKS REVIEWS, 22 June 2022.
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Synaptic, by Alison Calder, SASKBOOKS REVIEWS, 7 June 2022.
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Shifting Baseline Syndrome, by Aaron Kreuters, SASKBOOKS REVIEWS, 25 May 2022.
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coda: fluttertongue book 7, by Steven Ross Smith, SASKBOOKS REVIEWS, 2 March 2022.
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The Zombie Stance of the Technological Idiot, by s. mintz, SASKBOOKS REVIEWS, 18 January 2022.
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Resistance: Righteous Rage in the Age of #MeToo, edited by Sue Goyette, SASKBOOKS REVIEWS, 19 August 2021.
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Beaver, Bison, Horse: The Traditional Knowledge and Ecology of the Northern Great Plains, by R. Grace Morgan, SASKBOOKS REVIEWS, 17 June 2021.
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Concrete: From Ancient Origins to a Problematic Future, by Mary Soderstrom, SASKBOOKS REVIEWS, 5 May 2021.
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Uncertain Harvest: The Future of Food on a Warming Planet, by Ian Mosby, Sarah Rotz, and Evan D.G. Fraser, SASKBOOKS REVIEWS, 6 January 2021.
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Reclaiming Tom Longboat: Indigenous Self-Determination in Canadian Sport, by Janice Forsyth, SASKBOOKS REVIEWS, 8 October 2020.
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In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience, by Helen Knott, SASKBOOKS REVIEWS, 18 August 2020.
reading, hosting, & facilitating
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Featured Reader, Indigenous Authors on the Stage (SAWCI + SOTS)
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK. (11 August 2024) -
Featured Reader, Indigenous History Month Reading
League of Canadian Poets, Online (27 June 2024) -
Featured Reader, Word Splash (SAWCI)
River Landing Amphitheatre, Saskatoon SK. (20 June 2024) -
Workshop Facilitator, Poetry Workshop
Sister's Ink writing group (11 June 2024)
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Featured Reader, Children's Author Reading Event (SAWCI + Sask German Council)
Saskatoon Public Library (28 April 2024)
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Workshop Facilitator, "Write it New: Using Found Poetry to Find Your Poem"
Saskatoon Public Library (18 April 2024)
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Host, First Draft: Conversations on Writing with Taidgh Lynch
Saskatchewan Writers' Guild, Online (12 March 2024)
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Invited Author, Classroom Reading and Presentation
Clavet Composite School (14 November 2023)
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Panelist, Writing Poetry Panel
Ânskohk Literature Festival, Saskatoon SK. (4 November 2023)
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Invited Author, Author Talks School Visit (as part of the Ânskohk Literature Festival)
Caswell Community School (3 November 2023)
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Story-ior, Celebrating our Story-iors Event
Ânskohk Literature Festival, Saskatoon SK. (2 November 2023)
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Invited Author/Presenter
The Pickle in Grandma's Fridge reading/How to Write Picture Books
Naicam Public Library (17 October 2023)
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Workshop Facilitator, Youth Summer Blast Program
"Writing the Body Into Place: A Generative Poetry Workshop"
Regina Open Doors Society, Online (9 August 2023)
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Host, "Tâns’i Talk" Series with Joshua Heath and Sheila Webster
"The Story Behind the Shopping Cart Boy"
Saskatchewan Writers' Guild, Online (16 March 2023)
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Featured Reader, "Connecting Communities: Disability, Justice, and Living Well"
GPUC, Friday Performances, (27 January 2023)
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Featured Reader, "Queer Disability Poetics"
URQI - Out on the Prairie series, University of Regina, Online (24 November 2022)
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Host, "Tâns’i Talk" Series with Julianna McLean
"Kiskowehikew: conversations about spirit, star relations, dreams, sasq’ets (wild man)"
Saskatchewan Writers' Guild, Online (27 October 2022)
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Host, Book Bytes Summer Reading Series (Poetry)
Saskatchewan Writers' Guild, Online (3 August 2022)
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Featured Reader, "Stories Under a Living Sky: From Many Stories Strength"
Saskatchewan Writers' Guild + Multicultural Council of Sask, Online (27 June 2022)
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Featured Reader, apart: a year of pandemic poetry and prose, Book Launch
The Delta Bessborough Hotel, video recording (23 October 2021)
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Host, “Small Talk” Series on microfiction with Jenn Ashton
Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, Online (22 October 2021)
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Host, workshop on editing with Leslie Vyrenhoek
Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, Online (29 September 2021)
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Featured Reader, Book Bytes Summer Reading Series (Poetry)
Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, Online (21 July 2021)
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Reader, spring magazine, volume 12 Launch
Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, Online (24 March 2021)
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Reader, Past Contributor Reader’s Series
untethered magazine, Online (27 August 2020)
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Reader, issue 5.1 Launch Party
untethered magazine, Monarch Tavern, Toronto ON. (9 January 2020)
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Guest Speaker, Proseminar: Honours Routes
Department of English, University of Regina (28 October 2016)
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“The Reliability of Site” (Original Poetry)
Literary Eclectic, University of Regina (21 October 2016)
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“‘I Will Purge Thy Mortal Grossness So:’ Congenital Deformity in Shakespeare’s Plays” Medieval/Renaissance Conference
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise (USA), (15 September 2016)
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“‘Sweet and Liquid Tongue[s]:’ Adapting Language in H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine” Trash Talkin’ Pop-Culture Conference, University of Regina (11 March 2016)
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“Victorian Children’s Stories: Colonialism Preoccupied with the State of the Empire” Literary Eclectic, University of Saskatchewan (3 October 2015)
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“Defining the Monsters: Identity and Deformity in A Song of Ice and Fire”
Trash Talkin’ Pop-Culture Conference, University of Regina (14 March 2015)
awards
CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS
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2024 Longlisted, CBC Poetry Prize
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2024 Winner, Critic's Desk Award, Brief Review, Arc Poetry Magazine
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2023 Shortlisted (Fiction, YA), Writing for Children Competition, CANSCAIP
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2022 Honourable Mention (Poetry), Short Grain Contest, Grain Magazine
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2022 Finalist, Vallum Chapbook Award, Vallum Magazine
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2021 Finalist, People’s Choice, 2-Day Poem Contest, Contemporary Verse 2
ACADEMIC AWARDS
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2017-2018 Canada Graduate Scholarship - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) - Master’s ($17,500)
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2017 Faculty of Arts and Science Master’s Recruitment Award, University of Toronto ($1838)
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2016 G. Murray and Edna Forbes Foundation Scholarship in Honours English (Critical Honours Paper in Literature) University of Regina ($3000)
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2016 Goldman Travel Assistance Fund, University of Regina ($800)
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2016 Department of English Travel Award, University of Regina ($500)
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2016 Dr. Wilma Ebbit Memorial Scholarship in English, University of Regina ($1500)
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2015 Student Success Centre Cross-Disciplinary Writing Award, University of Regina ($500)
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2015 Dorothy and Leon Goldman Award in English, University of Regina ($1000)
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2014 New Frontier Scholarships—Entrance Award, University of Regina ($2000)
memberships
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Member, Saskatchewan Writers' Guild (SWG)
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Member, Saskatchewan Ânskohk Writers’ Circle Inc. (SAWCI)
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Member, Indigenous Editors' Association (IEA)