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Damian Rogers is a US-born, Toronto-based poet. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and a graduate degree from the Bennington Writing Seminars at Bennington College.

Her first book of poetry, Paper Radio (ECW Press, 2009), included poems inspired by the Shaker movement, a reformist Protestant sect that began in 18th-century England and spread in the United States under the matriarchal leadership of Ann Lee.

Rogers' poems have been published in a variety of North American literary magazines, including The Walrus [1], Maisonneuve [ http://maisonneuve.org/pressroom/article/2009/jun/22/three-poems-damian-rogers/], MoonLit [2], Matrix Magazine [3], and Like Starlings [4].

Published works: Paper Radio (ECW Press, 2009): nominated for the 2010 Relit Award (http://therelitawards.blogspot.com/) and Pat Lowther Memorial Award (http://poets.ca/linktext/awards/Lowther%20PR%20Long%20Form%2010.pdf)

Books edited: How Bluegrass Music Destroyed my Life by John Fahey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fahey_(musician)) http://search.barnesandnoble.com/How-Bluegrass-Music-Destroyed-My-Life/Fahey/e/9780965618328

Film appearance: Greenday Girl in High Fidelity (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0736805/)

References:

National Post, 11/23/2010 > Poetry Gets Cool for School: Scott Griffin launches Poetry In Voice : http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/11/23/poetry-in-voice/

National Post's The Afterword, 7/8/2010 > In Conversation: Michael Lista and Damian Rogers: http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/07/08/in-conversation-michael-lista-and-damian-rogers/

CBC Radio One's The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers 4/30/2010 > Interview with Damian Rogers http://www.cbc.ca/thenextchapter/2010/04/damian-rogers-and-her-paper-radio.html

Toronto Star, 10/13/2009 > http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/bookreviews/article/768328---one-and-paper-radio-the-world-begins-all-wild-and-giddy

National Post, 10/13/2009 > A Q&A with author Damian Rogers http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/afterword/archive/2009/10/13/a-q-amp-a-with-damian-rogers-author-of-paper-radio.aspx

External links:

ECW Press > Author Page > Damian Rogers: http://www.ecwpress.com/biographies/damian_rogers

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