Micheline Maylor Calgary Poet Laureate 2016 – 2018 A certified poetry fanatic, Micheline Maylor teaches creative writing, poetry, fiction, non-fiction and composition at Mount Royal University where she won the Teaching Excellence Award in 2015. Her newest collection, Little Wildheart, was short-listed for the Robert Kroetsch award for experimental poetry and deals with the question: What does it mean to be human? Her poetry has been published in over 85 journals in five countries including Partisan, The Literary Review of Canada, and she is a regular poetry reviewer at Quill and Quire. Read the Calgary Poet Laureate Announcement Website: michelinemaylor.comTwitter: @MichelineMaylor Micheline Maylor Photo: Patrick McAneeley “We are a place where diverse voices collaborate to create inspirational ideas. We are a place where our political and cultural leaders are fully engaged in supporting and manifesting a diverse, vibrant, and engaged community of artists. I am honoured to be selected as Calgary’s first female Poet Laureate.” Micheline Maylor Works by Micheline Maylor Almanac of the Douglas FirBefore the Dark
