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AJ Dolman

 

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Membership level
Full
First name
AJ
Last name
Dolman
Country
Canada
 

ABOUT

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Location (city/town)
Ottawa
Biography
AJ Dolman (she/they) is a poet, fiction writer and professional editor living on unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin territory. They are the author of poetry collection Crazy / Mad (Gordon Hill Press, 2024), Lost Enough: A collection of short stories (Morning Rain Publishing, 2017) and three poetry chapbooks, and co-edited the poetry and non-fiction anthology Motherhood in Precarious Times (Demeter Press, 2018).

Dolman's poetry has appeared in numerous magazines, journals and anthologies, including The Quarantine Review, QT Literary Magazine, Another Dysfunction Cancer Poem Anthology, Canadian Ginger, Arc Poetry Magazine, Grain, The Antigonish Review, Fiddlehead, Bywords and PRISM international. Their short fiction has appeared in publications such as Canthius Matrix Magazine, Triangulation: Lost Voices, On Spec: the Canadian magazine of the fantastic, Geist and Utne, and their nonfiction and reviews have appeared in magazines and anthologies such as Imaginary Safe House, Room, Arc Poetry Magazine and This Magazine. They are a bisexual+, 2SLGBTQIA+ and mental health rights advocate.

Dolman holds a BA in anthropology (professional writing minor) from the University of Victoria.
Languages and translation
English, Dutch, French.
Self-identification: equity-seeking groups
  • LGBTQI2S+
 

PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITION

Books and other publications
Crazy / Mad: poems by AJ Dolman, Gordon Hill Press, 2024, Guelph, Ontario. https://www.gordonhillpress.com/collections/titles/products/crazy-mad

Motherhood in Precarious Times (co-editor with Barbara Schwartz-Bechet and Dannielle Joy Davis), Demeter Press, 2018, Toronto, Ontario. http://demeterpress.org/books/motherhood-in-precarious-times/

Lost Enough: A collection of short stories, Morning Rain Press, 2017, Cobourg, Ontario. https://www.amazon.ca/Lost-Enough-collection-short-stories-ebook/dp/B086JCSMC7/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Anita+Dolman+Lost+Enough&qid=1587150882&sr=8-1

Glass Studio, mini-chapbook, Phafours Press, June 2015, Ottawa.

Where No One Can See You, poetry chapbook, AngelHousePress, November 2014, Ottawa.

Scalpel, tea and shot glass, poetry chapbook, above/ground press, September 2004, Ottawa.

"Pacific Standard," Triangulation: Lost Voices, Parsec Ink, 2015, Pittsburgh.

Decalogue: ten Ottawa poets, Chaudiere Books, 2006, Ottawa

Translation
Two Dutch Poets: Hélène Gelens and Erik Lindner, above/ground press, 2013, Ottawa.
Awards and other achievements
Finalist, 2015 Alberta Magazine Showcase

2013 "Local Light," Ottawa's Tree Reading Series

Honourable mention, Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest, spring 2010

Winner, 2003 Writers' Union of Canada Postcard Fiction Competition
Genres
  • Print poetry
  • Prose poetry
Genres (non-poetry)
  • Creative non-fiction
  • Journalism
  • Literary fiction
  • Genre fiction
Genres (other)
Literary, science fiction, fantasy, bi+
 

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Contact poet directly
Twitter: @ajdolman

Email: dolmanideas@gmail.com

Blog: http://ajdolman.blogspot.ca/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5869756.Anita_Dolman

http://ottawapoetry.blogspot.ca/2013/05/on-writing-1-anita-dolman.html

Contact Information

Email:
dolmanideas@gmail.com
League-funded opportunities
  • Canada Poetry Tours (national)
  • Poets in the Schools (Ontario)
  • National Poetry Month (national, April only)
International bookings
Very open to international bookings.
Editorial services
  • Poetry manuscript evaluation
  • Poetry manuscript editing
  • Individual poem editing
  • Fiction editing
  • Non-fiction editing
Editorial services: detail
See my Editors Canada listing for more information: https://www.editors.ca/directory/anita-dolman