by Délani Valin
Délani Valin is a Métis writer. Her book of poetry, Shapeshifters (Nightwood Editions) was nominated for the Indigenous Voices Award and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. She has previously won The Malahat Review’s Long Poem Prize and subTerrain’s Lush Triumphant Award. Her work has been published in CV2, Arc Poetry, Room, Prism International, and the anthologies Those Who Make Us and Bawaajigan, among others. She is a Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity alumna, where she had the opportunity to work on her debut novel manuscript in their horror thematic residency. Délani lives on Snuneymuxw territory, otherwise known as Nanaimo, B.C., Canada.