Volume Five: Chapter Eighteen - Our Conversation with Margo LaPierre

In Volume Five: Chapter Eighteen, we welcomed Writer, Poet, Editor, and Author of the forthcoming poetry collection "Ajar", Margo LaPierre.

Margo edits fiction and creative non-fiction. She completed an undergraduate degree in philosophy at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, and graduated from the Toronto Metropolitan Chang School’s Publishing Program. She is currently completing a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. In her volunteer work, she is the newsletter editor of Arc Poetry Magazine, the interim fiction editor of Untethered magazine, and a poetry selection jury member of Bywords.ca (www.bywords.ca). In 2019, she was the sole recipient of the Claudette Upton Scholarship, an annual, national award that recognizes a promising student editor from among Editors Canada’s student affiliates. She is a member of the poetry collective VII, also comprising Manahil Bandukwala, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Conyer Clayton, nina jane drystek, Chris Johnson, and Helen Robertson.  

Contact Margo:
Instagram: @margo_lapierre
Website: margolapierreeditor.com

Recorded Spoken Word Performances Featured Include:

Andrea Gibson – For The Days I Stop Wanting A Body
Instagram: @andreagibson          Website: andreagibson.com

Alyesha Wise – Flowers
Instagram: @alyeshawise          Website: alyeshawise.com

Christopher Diaz – Again
Instagram: @lightbulbchris          Website: christopherdiazcreates.com

Asia Samson – Enough
Instagram: @theasiaproject          Website: theasiaproject.com

Ania D – Colors
Instagram: @anitadpoetry