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I joined The Writers’ Union of Canada because I am a poet and poets are orphans in our culture. I felt that the Union would provide me with a family of writers and a strong voice for our mutual concerns.
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Deanna Kawatski
Born in Salmon Arm, B.C., Deanna Kawatski travelled extensively in her twenties, her wandering financed by tree planting back in B.C. In 1974 she studied writing with George Ryga and in 1975 with W.O. Mitchell. Later Deanna spent thirteen years leading a pioneer existence in the wilderness of northern B.C., and writing about it for various magazines including Country Journal and Mother Earth News. Presently she lives at Shuswap Lake with her two children and new partner. She continues to write and also to give workshops and readings.
