Margaret Christakos

Margaret Christakos (born in 1962 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto.

Life

Christakos received her B.F.A. in Visual Arts and Creative Writing from York University in 1985. She went on to pursue an M.A. in Education from OISE in the mid-nineties. Christakos held a teaching position at OCAD from 1991-1997. From 2004-2005 she was the University of Windsor's writer in residence. Additionally, she worked under PEN Canada in the political interests of exiled writers and has contributed to numerous poetry publications and events. She currently works with students through WIER, The University of Toronto, and York University.

Work

Many writers have influenced Christakos' appreciation of literature. She has mentioned Nicole Brossard, Marguerite Duras, Daphne Marlatt, and Kathy Acker, among others. ^[1]

Christakos writes about the fluid and intersecting lines of sexuality and identity. In addition, she explores gender and motherhood in her work. She has shown an interest in recombinant poetics as well as in autobiography's formal and social concerns. ^[2]

Selected Bibliography

• Not Egypt (Toronto: Coach House Books, 1988)
• With all my heart i heard u speaking (Toronto: Ice Flor Press, 1991)
• Other Words for Grace (Stratford, Ontario: Mercury Press, 1994)
• The Moment Coming (Oakville: ECW, 1998)
• Wipe Under A Love (Toronto: The Mansfield Press, 2000)
• Charisma (Toronto: Pedlar Press, 2000)
• Excessive Love Prostheses (Toronto: Coach House Books, 2002)
• Sooner (Toronto: Coach House Books, 2005)
• Retreat Diary (Toronto: Book Thug, 2005)
• Adult Video (Vancouver: Nomados, 2006)

References

External Links

• Excerpt from The Moment Coming
• Excerpt from Charisma
• "What's Love Got To Do With It?: two Margaret Christakos poetry collections, wipe.under.a.love & Excessive Love Prostheses" by rob mclennan

See also

• Canadian poetry

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