Anna Swanson

Anna Swanson (she/her) is a queer writer and librarian based in St. John’s/Ktaqmkuk, who is currently completing an MFA at the University of Guelph. Her writing is interested in themes of chronic illness, queerness, embodiment, swimming, Jewish ritual, Palestinian solidarity, and collective liberation. Her first book of poetry, The Nights Also (Tightrope Books, 2010) won the Gerald Lampert Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Her second collection of poetry, The Garbage Poems, is forthcoming from Brick Books in 2025. She works with Riddle Fence as a poetry editor, and loves wild swimming in all seasons.

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