Natalie Meisner Explained
Natalie Meisner is a Canadian playwright, poet, and academic, known for her literary contributions and her role as the fifth Poet Laureate of Calgary.[1] She is currently a professor in English and Creative Writing at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada.[2]
Selected works
Plays
- "Legislating Love: The Everett Klippert Story": This play is inspired by the life of Everett Klippert, a Calgary bus driver whose story played a significant role in the decriminalization of homosexuality.[3]
- "AREA 33": A thought-provoking play exploring themes of intergenerational mistrust and challenges in the fishing industry.
- "Speed Dating for Sperm Donors" (stage play)[4] [5]
Books
- Meisner, Natalie (1 March 2014). Double Pregnant: Two Lesbians Make a Family. Roseway Publishing, ISBN 978-1552666012.[6] [7]
- Meisner, Natalie (8 April 2019). My Mommy, My Mama, My Brother, and Me: These Are the Things We Found By the Sea. Nimbus Publishing. ISBN 978-1-77108-741-4.[8]
- Meisner, Natalie (17 September 2019). Baddie One Shoe. Frontenac House ISBN 978-1-927823-96-5.[9]
- Meisner, Natalie; Allen, Kevin; Maillie, Tereasa; Mehmel, Jason (15 November 2019). Legislating Love: The Everett Klippert Story (1st ed.). University of Calgary Press. ISBN 978-1773850818.
- Meisner, Natalie (27 April 2020). Speed Dating for Sperm Donors. Playwrights Canada Press. ISBN 978-0369100825.
- Meisner, Natalie (15 April 2023). It Begins in Salt. Frontenac House Ltd. ISBN 978-1-989466-47-6.
Awards and honours
It Begins In Salt was on the Calgary bestseller list and was recently shortlisted for the Gwendolyn MacEwen poetry award.[10]
Two plays by Meisner are shortlisted for the Tom Hendry Awards run by the Playwright's Guild of Canada: "Legislating Love" (shortlisted for the Carol Bolt Award) and "AREA 33" (shortlisted for the Drama Award).[11]
Natalie Meisner was awarded the Carol Bolt Award at the Tom Hendry Award for “Legislating Love”[12] [13]
Notes and References
- Web site: The power of words: Calgary's new poet laureate feels added responsibility in these troubled times . Calgary Herald.
- Web site: Natalie Meisner . Mount Royal University . en.
- News: Review: Legislating Love reveals a new brand of historical drama . The Globe and Mail . 23 March 2018 . en-CA.
- Web site: Review: Sperm search leads to comedy at Lunchbox Theatre . Calgary Herald.
- Web site: Belanger . Joe . Speed Dating for Sperm Donors give audiences a couple 'to root for' . London Free Press.
- Neddow . Delainey . Review of: Meisner, Natalie. (2014). Double Pregnant: Two Lesbians Make a Family. Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing. . Canadian Journal of Family and Youth . 28 February 2017 . 9 . 1 . 145–149 . 10.29173/cjfy29032 . en . 1718-9748.
- Web site: Chisvin . Sharon . May 2014: Lesbian couple's journey to parenthood doubly difficult . Winnipeg Free Press . 3 May 2014.
- Web site: Book review: My mommy, my mama, my brother & me, by Natalie Meisner, illustrated by Mathilde Mars-Cinq . Rainbow Round Table Book and Media Reviews . 28 October 2020.
- Web site: Shelf Life Books' JoAnn McCaig reveals what books are popular in her Calgary store . CBC.
- Web site: Fiction and Poetry Competitions . Exile Quarterly . 20 February 2020.
- Web site: Nine BC artists make Playwright Guild of Canada 2023 Tom Hendry Awards shortlist . The Georgia Straight . en . 18 September 2023.
- Web site: PGC Announces the 2023 Tom Hendry Awards Recipients! . Playwrights Guild of Canada . en-CA.
- Web site: Natalie Meisner wins the 2023 Carol Bolt Theatre Award . Calgary Herald.