Jas M. Morgan
Indigenous Canadian writer
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Jas M. Morgan is an Indigenous Canadian writer,[1] who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBTQ writers in 2019.[2]
Jas M. Morgan | |
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Morgan before 2S Ball 2019 - Ottawa | |
| Occupation | Writer, professor |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Canadian, Cree, Métis, Saulteaux |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Website | |
| jasmorgan | |
Biography
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]
Awards
| Yr | Work | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Canadian Art Kinship issue | National Magazine Awards | Best Editorial Package | Nominated | [8] |
| 2019 | nîtisânak | Dayne Ogilive Prize | — | Won | [citation needed] |
| Indigenous Voices Award | Published Prose in English | Shortlisted | [citation needed] | ||
| Lambda Literary Awards | Lesbian Memoir/Biography | Shortlisted | [citation needed] | ||
| Quebec Writers' Federation Awards | Concordia University First Book Prize | Nominated | [citation needed] | ||
| "Sex Ed: Beyond the Classroom" | National Media Awards Foundation Digital Publishing Awards | Best Digital Editorial Package | Won | [citation needed] |
Bibliography
- —— (2016). Critical Sass. bawajigaywin.[9]
- —— (2018). nîtisânak. Metonymy Press. ISBN 9780994047175.[10]
Academic Publishing
- —— (2018). 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): 47–51.
- —— (2019). "Toward a Relational Historicization of Indigenous Art". Art Journal. 77 (4): 127–128.
- —— (July 2019). "Distorted Love: Mapplethorpe, the Neo/Classical Sculptural Black Nude, and Visual Cultures of Transatlantic Enslavement". Imaginations.