ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

Poems from Conflict were previously published in Descant, Room, filling station, The Antigonish Review, ditchpoetry.com, ottawater, the Bywords Quarterly Journal, the National Poetry Month site (Angel House Press) and the Tree Reading series site. Selections also appeared in stick-em-up shorty (pooka press), Evidence (cartywheel press), notes from a cartywheel (Angel House Press), Visi-Cue-Cue (Canteen Gallery) and Dalhousie Blues (ex-hubris press).

 

Thanks to those who edited and shaped this manuscript. Particular thanks to Stuart Ross for his clean eye, to Amy Dennis for her all-encompassing heart, and to Sandra Ridley for pulling the sled. Thank you to everyone at BookThug for believing in my work.

 

Thanks to all my friends and family, the literary community in Ottawa, and most particularly my valkyries: Wendy, Abby, Shannon, Amy, Sandy, Andrea, Anne, Christine, Kim, Elizabeth and Amanda. Thank you to my parents. With love to r., because you are my favourite.

 

I’m grateful to the Writers Reserve program of the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Ottawa Emerging Artists program for their support.