Micheline Maylor

Micheline Maylor (born in 1970) is a Canadian poet, academic, critic and editor.

Micheline Maylor
Calgary Poet Laureate Emeritus
Preceded byDerek Beaulieu
Succeeded bySheri-D Wilson
Personal details
BornWindsor, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Spouse(s)Jeff Kovitz QC
ResidenceCalgary, Alberta, Canada
OccupationPoet, Academic, Critic, Editor

Early life

Maylor was born in Windsor, Ontario of Voyageur Metis, and English ancestry. She moved to Calgary, Alberta and was raised as a Buddhist by artist parents.

Education

Maylor holds a BA from the University of Calgary (honours with a specialty in creative writing and a minor in anthropology).[1] She earned a master's degree from Lancaster University UK (distinction in creative writing/Can-Lit).[2] She was awarded the International Research Scholarship and the Overseas Research Scholarship. She was awarded a Ph.D from Newcastle upon Tyne (Late 20th century Canadian literature and creative writing).[3]

Career

Poetry

Maylor's first book, Full Depth: The Raymond Knister Poems was long listed for the ReLit award[4][5] and inspired by living in John Knister's ancestral home.

Her Chapbook, Starfish, an elegiac long poem written on the death of her best friend, sold out in 2007.

Her third collection, Whirr and Click,[6] was short-listed for the Pat Lowther Award for best book written by a Canadian woman in 2014,[7] about which Douglas Glover writes, "Micheline Maylor writes poems with dash and élan, attack poems, full of desire, heart, dangerous men and revenge."[8]

Her fourth collection, Little Wildheart,[9] published by the University of Alberta Press, was recently short-listed for the Robert Kroetsch award for experimental poetry[10] and deals with the question: What does it mean to be human? Quill and Quire gave it a starred review calling it "a charming quirk",[11] and The Toronto Star described it as: "poems that crackle with lyric energy".[12]

Micheline Maylor's anthology, Drifting Like a Metaphor, introduces Calgary poets of promise[13] who have the ability to make connections that work to pull together language, image, and emotion. Her criteria was that the poets are not yet published in book form, but are able to make story and voice work to create an emotional reaction through many forms and styles. Any of the twelve poets showcased in this anthology could easily become the next great voice or future poet laureate of Calgary.

Maylor is currently publishing her fifth book, "A Feast of Lilies".

Her poetry has been published in over 85 journals in five countries.[14]

Influences come from Don Coles, Jeffery Donaldson, Douglas Glover, Patrick Lane, George Elliot Clark, Richard Harrison, and Jan Zwicky.

Editor

Maylor is the co-founder of the non-profit Freefall Literary Society[15] where she was the editor-in-chief from 2006-2016 and is now consulting editor, before shifting to Frontenac House Press. She currently edits the Quartet poetry series for which the authors have been shortlisted or have won: The Goldie Award[16] for best Lesbian poetry book in North America; The Gerald Lampert Award for best first book; The Pat Lowther Award for best book by a Canadian woman; The Stephan G. Stephansson Award for best Alberta poetry book; The Alberta Readers' Choice Awards; The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Award; and the Alberta Magazine Publisher's Awards in several categories.

Maylor was the editor of the awarding winning "This Wound is a World[17]" by Billy-Ray Belcourt published by Frontenac House, which won the prestigious 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize, and The Most Significant Book of Poetry in English by an Emerging Indigenous Writer, Indigenous Voices Awards (2018), and the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize (2018). It was also short listed for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award (2018), and the Raymond Souster Award (2018).

Maylor was the editor of the award-winning "Ruba'iyat For the Time of Apricots"[18] by Basma Kavanagh published by Frontenac House, which won the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry[19] awarded by the Book Publisher's Association of Alberta on Sept 13, 2019.

She is a regular poetry reviewer at Quill and Quire.

Teaching and mentoring

She holds a teaching position and has won awards at Mount Royal University.[20] where she won the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching by Mount Royal Faculty Association. She also holds a teaching position at The University of Calgary.

Following the tradition of many Canadian Writers, she is a long-time member of the League of Canadian Poets.

Appointments

On 25 April 2016 Micheline Maylor was sworn in as Calgary's first female Poet Laureate[21][22][23] for a two-year term, and as such acts as an ambassador of the arts to the citizens of Calgary. The Calgary Poet Laureate produces literary work that is reflective of Calgary's landscape, cityscape and/or civic identity and that may raise awareness of local issues and is an initiative of the Calgary, an initiative of the Calgary Arts Development Authority

She was appointed as Author in Residence for the Calgary Public Library on 26 April 2016. She is the Author in Residence at the Alexandra Writers Centre Society in 2017 and will be the Author in Residence at the Saskatchewan Writer's Guild Retreat in November 2019[24]

Maylor was elected to the Senate of the University of Calgary for a three-year term commencing in September, 2017. Maylor was also a member of the Calgary Institute of Humanities Advisory Board.[25]

Maylor was appointed as a member of the Mount Royal University Distinguished Faculty Academy in May 2018 as a result of receiving the Mount Royal University 2018 Distinguished Faculty Award for Contract Faculty.

Awards

Selected bibliography

Books
  • 2021 - The Bad Wife (University of Alberta Press) ISBN 9781772125481
  • 2018 – Drifting Like a Metaphor (Frontenac House Ed. Micheline Maylor) ISBN 9781927823804
  • 2017 – Little Wildheart (University of Alberta Press) ISBN 978-1-77212-233-6
  • 2013 – Whirr and Click (Frontenac House Ed. Rose Scollard) ISBN 978-1-897181-86-7
  • 2011 – Starfish (Rubicon Press Ed. Jenna Butler) ISBN 978-0-9812848-9-7
  • 2007 – Full Depth: The Raymond Knister poems (Wolsak and Wynn Ed. Maria Jacobs) ISBN 1-894987-17-9

Anthologies
  • Shy (University of Alberta Press) 2013. ISBN 978-0-88864-670-5
  • Poems for Planet Earth (Leaf Press) 2013[31]
  • Freshwater Pearls (Recliner Books) 2011
  • Home and Away (House of Blue Skies) 2009

References
  1. "Even the Done: Poems --- Micheline Maylor". Numéro Cinq. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  2. "New Poet Laureate for Calgary". Lancaster University. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  3. "Classnotes" (PDF). Newcastle University. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  4. "The ReLit Awards/ Ideas, Not Money: HOW TO SUBMIT". ReLit Awards. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  5. "Four local writers make long list for ReLit Awards - Living". The Telegram. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  6. "Whirr & Click review by Stevie Howell". Quill and Quire. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  7. "Pat Lowther Memorial Award Shortlist 2014" (PDF). League of Canadian Poets. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  8. "Firelight Interview Series: Micheline Maylor". Lauren Carter, author and teacher. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  9. Maylor, Micheline (7 March 2017). Little Wildheart. University of Alberta Press. ISBN 9781772122336.
  10. "The Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry". Matrix Magazine. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  11. "Little Wildheart | Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  12. "Poetry: read the latest volumes and celebrate National Poetry Month | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. "Stories - Mount Royal University - Calgary, Alberta, Canada". www.mtroyal.ca. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  14. "Micheline Maylor named Calgary's Poet Laureate". Metro International. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  15. "FreeFall Magazine Home Page". www.freefallmagazine.ca. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  16. "2015 Award Winners". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  17. Billy-Ray, Belcourt (2017). This wound is a world : poems. Calgary, Alberta. ISBN 9781927823644. OCLC 992558862.
  18. "Ruba'iyat for the Time of Apricots | Frontenac House". Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  19. "Alberta Book Publishing Awards". Book Publishers Association of Alberta. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  20. "Faculty - Mount Royal University - Calgary, Alberta, Canada". Mount Royal University. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  21. "Micheline Maylor named Calgary's poet laureate". Calgary Herald. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  22. "Calgary's new poet laureate is Micheline Maylor". CBC.ca. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  23. "The Poets Laureate of Canada". NUVO Magazine. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  24. "Saskatchewan Writers' Guild". www.skwriter.com. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  25. "Calgary Institute for the Humanities | University of Calgary". arts.ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  26. "Pat Lowther -Poets.ca". poets.ca. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  27. "Postcard Story Contest". Geist.com. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  28. "Morgan Kenney, Founder of the Petra Kenney Poetry Competition - Winning Writers". winningwriters.com. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  29. "Volunteer of the Year". Alberta Magazine Publishers Association. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  30. "U of A leads at the Alberta Publishing Awards". Quill and Quire. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  31. "Even the Done: Poems — Micheline Maylor". Numéro Cinq. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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