Elee Kraljii Gardiner

Elee Kraljii Gardiner is the author of two poetry collections (Trauma Head, Serpentine Loop) and the editor of two essay collections (Against Death: 35 Essays on Living and V6A: Writing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside). A frequent collaborator with choreographers, musicians, sound and visual artists, Elee is currently collaborating with nature via a series of durational art installations that investigate cultural ideas regarding the passing of time. She directs Vancouver Manuscript Intensive and is the seventh poet laureate of Vancouver, learning in community via the sound-based legacy project Here, Hearing. Her new book, sometimes, forest, is just out from Talonbooks.