Joelle Barron Explained

Joelle Barron is a Canadian poet and activist, whose debut poetry collection Ritual Lights was published in 2018.^[1] The book was a longlisted nominee for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2019,^[2] and Barron was a shortlisted finalist for the Writers' Trust of Canada's 2019 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBTQ writers.^[3]

Barron, who uses gender-neutral pronouns, lives in Kenora, Ontario, where they are active as an organizer of the local LGBTQ youth group and the Kenora Pride festival.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Annick MacAskill, "Rituals of Healing and Survival: A Review of Joelle Barron’s Ritual Lights". Plenitude, January 31, 2019.
2. Ryan Porter, "League of Canadian Poets announces 2019 Book Awards longlists". Quill & Quire, April 1, 2019.
3. https://www.cbc.ca/books/joelle-barron-lindsay-nixon-casey-plett-named-finalists-for-5k-lgbtq-emerging-writers-prize-1.5125834 "Joelle Barron, Lindsay Nixon, Casey Plett named finalists for $5K LGBTQ emerging writers prize"
4. "Kenora Pride announces dates". Lake of the Woods Enterprise, March 2, 2017.