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to the cozy hearth of the domesticated housecat

Timmins and Simcoe before he landed a position covering arts at the Brantford Expositor

A suit of Nettles

Long Island) and the University of Guelph

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Joan Alexander Poetry to the cozy hearth ofJoan Alexander, author of Lines of Truth and Conversation, was born in Chicago, and moved to Canada in 1979, where she worked as a teacher and a journalist for many years while continuing to study the writing craft. Her work has appeared in a number of Canadian literary journals and has been nominated for the Journey Prize, a National Magazine Award, and Best New American Voices.