Jas M. Morgan
Jas M. Morgan | |
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 Morgan before 2S Ball 2019 - Ottawa | |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Canadian, Cree, Métis, Saulteaux |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
Jas M. Morgan is an Indigenous Canadian writer,[1] who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBTQ writers in 2019.[2]
Morgan, of Cree, Saulteaux and Métis heritage, is a professor in the Department of English at Ryerson University.[3] They are also a doctoral student in art history at McGill University, and Editor-at-Large on Indigenous art for Canadian Art magazine.[4] Their first book, Nîtisânak, was published in 2018, and was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography at the 31st Lambda Literary Awards,[4] and for the Indigenous Voices Award for English-language literature.[4] They were identified as a Canadian writer to watch by CBC Books in 2019.[5]
They previously worked as editor for mâmawi-âcimowak, an Indigenous art journal.[6] Their writing has also appeared in GUTS, Malahat Review, Teen Vogue, Room, and other popular publications.[6] In 2019 they served as one of the CBC Nonfiction Prize readers.[7] Additionally, Morgan curated the 2019 Arts and Literary Magazines Summit.[6]
Bibliography
- nîtisânak (memoir, 2018, published by Metonymy Press)[8]
- Critical Sass (poems, 2016, published by bawajigaywin)[9]
Academic Publishing
- "Distorted Love:Mapplethorpe, the Neo/Classical Sculptural Black Nude, and Visual Cultures of Transatlantic Enslavement," Imaginations, July 2019.
- "Toward a Relational Historicization of Indigenous Art," Art Journal 77 no. 4 (2019): 127–128.
- Prairie Families: Cree-Métis-Saulteux Materialities as Indigenous feminist Materialist Record of Kinship-Based Selfhood" (Master of Arts Thesis, 2018).
- "I Wonder Where They Went": Post-Reality Multiplicities and Counter-Resurgent Narratives in Thirza Cuthand's Lessons in Baby Dyke Theory," Canadian Theatre Review 175 (2018): 47-51.
Awards
- Dayne Ogilive Prize, Writers' Trust of Canada (2019)[citation needed]
- Finalist, Lesbian Memoir/Biography Category, Lambda Literary Award (2019)[citation needed]
- Finalist, Published Prose in English, Indigenous Voices Literary Award (2019)[citation needed]
- Nominated for nîtisânak, Concordia University First Book Prize, Quebec Writers' Federation Awards (2019)[citation needed]
- Nominated, Canadian Art Kinship issue edited by Morgan, Best Editorial Package, National Magazine Awards (2018).[10]
- Best Digital Editorial Package, "Sex Ed: Beyond the Classroom" in The Walrus, Digital Publishing Awards, National Media Awards Foundation (2019).[citation needed]
References
- ^ "'This is who I am': How young Indigenous artists are regenerating their roots".
- ^ "Jas M. Morgan". Jas M. Morgan. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
{{cite web}}: Text "Writers' Trust of Canada" ignored (help); Text "Writers' Trust of Canada" ignored (help) - ^ [http<s://www.torontomu.ca/arts/about/new-hires/jas-morgan/ "Jas Morgan"]. Toronto Metropolitan University. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ a b c Huard, Adrienne. "The Vibrational Effects of Indigenous Burlesque". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ CBC Books (July 1, 2019). "19 Canadian writers to watch in 2019". CBC books. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ^ a b c "About". Jas M. Morgan. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "The Bridge with Nantali Indongo".
- ^ "Press kit: nîtisânak by Jas M Morgan". Metonymy Press. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "Critical Sass Press: bawajigaywin". Jas M. Morgan. 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "Jas Morgan". Toronto Metropolitan University. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
| International | |
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| National | |
- Living people
- 21st-century First Nations writers
- Canadian art critics
- Canadian magazine editors
- Women magazine editors
- Canadian magazine writers
- Cree people
- LGBT First Nations people
- LGBT memoirists
- Canadian LGBT poets
- Saulteaux people
- 21st-century Canadian memoirists
- 21st-century Canadian LGBT people
- McGill University alumni