Women's and Gender Studies Speaker Series: jaye simpson
Discover the voice of an Indigiqueer Oji-Cree Saulteaux poet at this special reading.
Join Women's and Gender Studies (WGST) for a reading by Oji-Cree Saulteaux poet, jaye simpson and reflections from WGST faculty.
jaye simpson (she/they) is an Indigiqueer writer, advocate and activist sharing their knowledge and lived experiences in hope of creating utopia. simpson’s work has been published in magazines like Poetry Is Dead, This Magazine, PRISM international, SAD Magazine: Green, GUTS Magazine, SubTerrarain and Grain and Room as well as the anthologies Hustling Verse (2019), Love After the End (2020), The Care We Dream Of (2021) and Queer Little Nightmares (2022).
Their first poetry collection, it was never going to be okay (Nightwood Ed.) was shortlisted for the 2021 ReLit Award, a finalist for the 2021 Dayne Ogilvie Prize, and winner of the 2021 Indigenous Voices Award for Published Poetry in English. a body more tolerable is her second book of published poetry.