Tuesday 16 November 2021

Elena Bentley : part one

Elena Bentley is a disabled, bi, Métis/settler poet, writer, editor, and book reviewer who lives near Saskatoon. She is a Citizen of Métis Nation-Saskatchewan. She holds an MA in English from the University of Toronto. Her poetry has appeared in the anthology apart: a year of pandemic poetry and prose; in untethered, Arc Poetry, spring, and Kiiyaanaan Aykwaa: Us Now magazines, The Malahat Review, and antilang; and is forthcoming in Room Magazine and PRISM international. Most recently, she was a finalist for the People’s Choice Award in CV2 Magazine’s 2-Day Poem Contest. Elena is the poetry editor for untethered magazine. @_elenabentley_

What are you working on?

I’ve got a few projects on the go right now: two poetry collections (one that examines disability and the other that explores Métis/settler identity); a YA murder mystery novel (set in Toronto); and a children’s book (about a pickle named Dilbert). 

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