Artist Bios:Maurice Mierau’s (Brick Books/Freehand Books) new book, Detachment: an Adoption Memoir, will appear in September. His last book, Fear Not, won the ReLit award for poetry in 2009. Maurice edits the Winnipeg Review, an on-line literary magazine.
Kerry Ryan’s (Anvil Press) poems have appeared in literary journals across the country. Her first collection, The Sleeping Life, was published by The Muses’ Company in 2008 and nominated for the Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry in 2009. In March 2009, she competed in, and won, a white collar boxing match. She lives in Winnipeg.
John K. Samson is the singer and songwriter for the venerated indie rock outfit The Weakerthans, and his poetry and prose has appeared in Matrix Magazine, Geist, The Believer, and Post Prairie—An Anthology of New Poetry. He lives in Winnipeg, where he’s also the managing editor and co-founder of ARP Books.
Melanie Dennis Unrau (J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing) is poetry editor at Geez magazine. A member of the Artist Mothers Group at Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, she exhibits her work in group shows at local art venues. Happiness Threads: The Unborn Poems (The Muses’ Company, 2013) is her first collection.
John Weier (Turnstone Press) is an author, luthier, and bird enthusiast living in Winnipeg. He has written numerous books including several collections of poetry, works of experimental and short fiction, nature memoirs, and a children’s book. His most recent poetry collection, Where Calling Birds Gather, speaks to his abiding love of birds, a passion which has taken him around the world.
