shalan joudry is a Mi'kmaw poet, playwright, oral storyteller and ecologist. Using her theatrical background, shalan brings Mi'kmaw stories to a new generation of listeners, as well as recounting personally crafted narratives that follow Mi'kmaw storying custom. Her first book of poetry, Generations Re-merging, was published by Gaspereau Press (2014) and her second book, Elapultiek, was published by Pottersfield Press (2019). Her second collection of poetry, Waking Ground, was published by Gaspereau Press (2020) and was shortlisted for the J.M. Abrahms Atlantic Poetry Award, the Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award, the 2021 Pat Lowther Memorial Award and the 2021 Indigenous Voices Award for Poetry in English. shalan lives in her home territory of Kespukwitk (southwest Nova Scotia) with her family in their community of L'sǝtkuk (Bear River First Nation).

Books by shalan joudry:

Other poems on the web by shalan joudry:
"Mourning song"

shalan joudry's Website.

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