Michelle Doege
BIO
Biography

Michelle Doege holds an MFA in Creative Writing in poetry and mixed genre from Augsburg College (2016), Minneapolis. Her debut book of poems, Root of Light, explores borders and migrations, but also, ancestors, sexuality, crossing internal borders to live our truest, bold selves. Recently, her story “Siva’s Fire,” was shortlisted for the Malahat Review’s Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize (2021 & 2022) and her story “End of a Rainbow” appears in Wherever I Find Myself:  Stories of Canadian Immigrant Women (Caitlin Press, 2017). Her poems – both print and video – appear in Why We Write: Poets of Vernon, Smoke & Ash, Possessions: The Eldon House Poems, and Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poems. She lives and writes on the unceded territory of the Syilx people, in what is now Vernon, British Columbia.

ADDRESS
City: Vernon, Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
GENRE
Poetry, Creative Nonfiction (memoir, essay, etc.) & Mixed-genre
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Root of Light
Publisher
Shanti Arts Publishing
Year
2022
LINKS
Links
https://www.michelledoegepoet.com/
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Audience Size
Audience size
Open
Presentation Genre
Poetry, Memoir, Mixed-genre
Presentation Length
Open
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Various diverse topics.

Presentation Fee(s)
Negotiable
Workshop details
Audience Size
>20
Intended Audience
High school to adults
Workshop Length
Open
Workshop Description
Workshop description

Diverse topics and skill sets. 

Workshop Fee(s)
Negotiable
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