Rita Wong grew up in Calgary, and currently lives in Vancouver, where she teaches in Critical + Cultural Studies at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Wong has a Honours BA in English from the University of Calgary, a MA in English from the University of Alberta, a MAS from the University of British Columbia, and a PhD from Simon Fraser University. She has taught overseas in China and Japan, and has also worked as a writer, an archivist, and an activist in Canada.
PUBLICATIONS:
forage. Nightwood Editions, 2007
monkeypuzzle. Vancouver: Press Gang, 1998.
AWARDS:
Contemplative Practices Fellowship (from the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society), 2008
Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for forage, 2008
Basant Singh Fellowship.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Fellowship.
Asian-Canadian Writers Workshop Emerging Writers Award for monkeypuzzle.
