Micheline Maylor
{{Short description|Canadian poet and academic}}
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Micheline Maylor (born in 1970) is a Canadian poet, academic, critic and editor.
Early life
Maylor was born in Windsor, Ontario. She moved to Calgary, Alberta and was raised as a Buddhist by artist parents.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
Education
Maylor holds a BA from the University of Calgary (honours with a specialty in creative writing and a minor in anthropology).{{cite web|title=Even the Done: Poems --- Micheline Maylor|url=http://numerocinqmagazine.com/2012/10/08/even-the-done-poems-micheline-maylor/|website=Numéro Cinq|accessdate=6 October 2016|date=8 October 2012}} She earned a master's degree from Lancaster University UK (distinction in creative writing/Can-Lit).{{cite web|title=New Poet Laureate for Calgary|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/steps/talk/new-poet-laureate-for-calgary/|website=Lancaster University|accessdate=6 October 2016}} 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).{{cite web|title=Classnotes|url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/media/wwwnclacuk/alumni/files/Arches18.pdf|website=Newcastle University|accessdate=6 October 2016}}
Career
=Poetry=
Maylor's first book, Full Depth: The Raymond Knister Poems was long listed for the ReLit award{{Cite web|title = The ReLit Awards/ Ideas, Not Money: HOW TO SUBMIT|url = http://therelitawards.blogspot.ca/p/how-to-submit.html|website = ReLit Awards|accessdate = 2015-12-26}}{{cite web|title=Four local writers make long list for ReLit Awards - Living|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/Living/2008-06-17/article-1453406/Births-1847|website=The Telegram|accessdate=6 October 2016}} 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,{{cite web|title=Whirr & Click review by Stevie Howell|url=http://www.quillandquire.com/review/whirr-click/|website=Quill and Quire|accessdate=6 October 2016|date=16 August 2013}} was short-listed for the Pat Lowther Award for best book written by a Canadian woman in 2014,{{cite web|title=Pat Lowther Memorial Award Shortlist 2014|url=http://poets.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Lowther-PR-Long-Form-2014.pdf|website=League of Canadian Poets|accessdate=6 October 2016}} about which Douglas Glover writes, "Micheline Maylor writes poems with dash and élan, attack poems, full of desire, heart, dangerous men and revenge."{{Cite web|title = Firelight Interview Series: Micheline Maylor|url = http://laurencarter.ca/firelight-interview-series-micheline-maylor/|website = Lauren Carter, author and teacher| date=5 November 2015 |accessdate = 2015-12-29}}
Her fourth collection, Little Wildheart,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L9sIvgAACAAJ|title=Little Wildheart|last=Maylor|first=Micheline|date=2017-03-07|publisher=University of Alberta Press|isbn=9781772122336|language=en}} published by the University of Alberta Press, was short-listed for the Robert Kroetsch award for experimental poetry{{Cite web|url=http://www.matrixmagazine.org/robert-kroetsch-award|title=The Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry|website=Matrix Magazine|access-date=2016-04-26}} 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",{{Cite news|url=http://www.quillandquire.com/review/little-wildheart/|title=Little Wildheart {{!}} Quill and Quire|date=2017-04-06|work=Quill and Quire|access-date=2017-04-15}} and The Toronto Star described it as: "poems that crackle with lyric energy".{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2017/04/16/poetry-read-the-latest-volumes-and-celebrate-national-poetry-month.html|title=Poetry: read the latest volumes and celebrate National Poetry Month {{!}} Toronto Star|website=thestar.com|date=16 April 2017 |access-date=2017-04-16}}
Micheline Maylor's anthology, Drifting Like a Metaphor, introduces Calgary poets of promise{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtroyal.ca/AboutMountRoyal/MediaRoom/Newsroom/poets-of-promise.htm|title=Stories - Mount Royal University - Calgary, Alberta, Canada|website=www.mtroyal.ca|access-date=2019-08-11}} who have the ability to make connections that work to pull together language, image, and emotion. Her criterion 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 has published her fifth book, "The Bad Wife" {{Cite news|title=Canadian poet Lisa Richter on channelling the voice of Anna Margolin for her award-winning collection|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-canadian-poet-lisa-richter-on-channelling-the-voice-of-anna-margolin/|access-date=2021-04-12}} which was long listed for the Raymond Souster Award (2022). and Short Listed for the Robert Kroetsch Best Poetry Award.{{Cite web |title=2022 Book Awards: Longlists – League of Canadian Poets |date=6 April 2022 |url=https://poets.ca/2022-book-awards-longlists/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |language=en-US}} The book has been translated and published in Italian and released in Italy as La cattiva moglie.{{Cite web |last=Millan |first=Diana |date=2024-10-08 |title=Micheline Maylor, La cattiva moglie |url=https://www.liquidarte.it/micheline-maylor-la-cattiva-moglie.html |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=LiquidArte.it |language=it-IT}}
Her poetry has been published in over 85 journals in five countries.{{Cite web|url=http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2016/04/25/micheline-maylor-named-calgary-poet-laureate.html|title=Micheline Maylor named Calgary's Poet Laureate|website=Metro International|access-date=2016-04-26}}
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{{Cite web|title = FreeFall Magazine Home Page|url = http://www.freefallmagazine.ca/|website = www.freefallmagazine.ca|accessdate = 2015-12-28}} where she was the editor-in-chief from 2006 to 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{{Cite web|title =2015 Award Winners|url = http://www.goldencrown.org/?page=2015Winners|website = Golden Crown Literary Society|accessdate = 2015-12-30}} 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{{Cite book|title=This wound is a world : poems|last=Billy-Ray|first=Belcourt|isbn=9781927823644|location=Calgary, Alberta|oclc=992558862|year = 2017}}" 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, [http://www.indigenousliterarystudies.org/-indigenous-voices-award/ 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"{{Cite web|url=https://www.frontenachouse.com/rubaiyat-for-the-time-of-apricots/|title=Ruba'iyat for the Time of Apricots {{!}} Frontenac House|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-15}} by [http://www.basmakavanagh.ca/ Basma Kavanagh] published by Frontenac House, which won the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry{{Cite web|url=https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/awards/|title=Alberta Book Publishing Awards|website=Book Publishers Association of Alberta|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-09-15}} [https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Alberta-Book-Publishing-Awards-Winners.pdf awarded] by the [https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/ Book Publisher's Association of Alberta] on Sept 13, 2019.
She is a regular poetry reviewer at Quill and Quire.
=Teaching and mentoring=
She held a teaching position and has won awards at Mount Royal University.{{Cite web|title = Faculty - Mount Royal University - Calgary, Alberta, Canada|url = http://www.mtroyal.ca/ProgramsCourses/FacultiesSchoolsCentres/Arts/Departments/English/Faculty/ss_data_arts_english_mmaylor|website = Mount Royal University|accessdate = 2015-12-27}} where she won the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching by Mount Royal Faculty Association. She also has held a teaching position at The University of Calgary. She retired in 2022.
Following the tradition of many Canadian Writers, she is a long-time member of the League of Canadian Poets.
Maylor received a Mindfulness Teacher Certification from Tara Brock and Jack Kornfield.{{cite web |title=MMTCP |url=https://mmtcp.soundstrue.com/ |website=Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program |access-date=20 June 2023}}
=Appointments=
On 25 April 2016 Micheline Maylor was sworn in as Calgary's first female Poet Laureate{{Cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/books/micheline-maylor-named-calgarys-poet-laureate|title=Micheline Maylor named Calgary's poet laureate|date=2016-04-25|website=Calgary Herald|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-26}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-poet-laureate-named-micheline-maylor-1.3551653|title=Calgary's new poet laureate is Micheline Maylor|website=CBC.ca|access-date=2016-05-10}}{{Cite news|url=http://nuvomagazine.com/culture/the-poets-laureate-of-canada|title=The Poets Laureate of Canada|newspaper=NUVO Magazine|access-date=2016-11-13}} 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{{Cite web|url=https://www.skwriter.com/home/748|title=Saskatchewan Writers' Guild|website=www.skwriter.com|access-date=2019-08-10}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://arts.ucalgary.ca/cih/|title=Calgary Institute for the Humanities {{!}} University of Calgary|website=arts.ucalgary.ca|language=en|access-date=2017-10-01}}
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
- Short List Petra Kenny Award for poetry{{Cite web |title=Morgan Kenney, Founder of the Petra Kenney Poetry Competition - Winning Writers |url=https://winningwriters.com/the-best-free-literary-contests/interviews/morgan-kenney-founder-of-the-petra-kenney-poetry-competition |website=winningwriters.com |accessdate=2015-12-26}} 2007
- Flair Foundation Creativity grant for Banff Centre 2010
- 3rd place Geist post card story contest{{Cite web |title=Postcard Story Contest |url=http://www.geist.com/topics/postcard-story/ |website=Geist.com |accessdate=2015-12-26}} 2013
- Short List Pat Lowther Award for poetry{{Cite web|title = Pat Lowther -Poets.ca|url = http://poets.ca/contests-awards/pat-lowther/|website = poets.ca|accessdate = 2015-12-26|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402204039/http://poets.ca/contests-awards/pat-lowther/|archivedate = 2 April 2015|df = dmy-all}} 2014
- Mount Royal University Faculty Association Excellence in Teaching 2015
- Short List Robert Kroetsch Innovative Poetry Award 2016
- Long List for the Pat Lowther Poetry Award 2017
- Long List for the Raymond Souster Poetry 2017
- Mount Royal University 2018 Distinguished Faculty Award for Contract Faculty
- [https://albertamagazines.com Alberta Magazine Publishers Association] Volunteer of the Year{{Cite web|title=Volunteer of the Year|url=https://albertamagazines.com/award/volunteer-of-the-year/|access-date=2020-06-27|website=Alberta Magazine Publishers Association|language=en}} 2020
- [https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020-Alberta-Book-Publishing-Awards-Winner-Media-Release.pdf Lois Hole Award for Editorial Excellence]{{Cite web|date=2020-09-10|title=U of A leads at the Alberta Publishing Awards|url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/u-of-a-leads-at-the-alberta-publishing-awards/|access-date=2020-09-13|website=Quill and Quire}} - For Quartet 2019 - Frontenac House (Editor) 2020
- Book Publisher's Association of Alberta, Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry, Best poetry book published in Alberta [https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Media-Release-2022-Alberta-Book-Publishing-Awards-Winners.pdf 2021] {{Cite web |date=2022-09-17 |title=2022 Alberta Book Publishing Awards winners announced - Quill and Quire |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/2022-alberta-book-publishing-awards-winners-announced/ |access-date=2022-10-02 |website=Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews |language=en}}
- Queen's Platinum Jubilee medal 2022 {{Cite web |title=Queen's Platinum Jubilee medal |url=https://www.alberta.ca/queens-platinum-jubilee-medal.aspx |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=www.alberta.ca |language=en-CA}}{{Cite web |last=Kartz |first=Ellen |title=Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal Recipients Announced |url=https://writersguild.ca/queen-elizabeth-iis-platinum-jubilee-medal-recipients-announced/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |language=en-US}}
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{{Cite web|title = Even the Done: Poems — Micheline Maylor|url = http://numerocinqmagazine.com/2012/10/08/even-the-done-poems-micheline-maylor/|website = Numéro Cinq| date=8 October 2012 |accessdate = 2015-12-26}}
- Freshwater Pearls (Recliner Books) 2011
- Home and Away (House of Blue Skies) 2009
References
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External links
- [http://www.michelinemaylor.com Official website]
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