Elee Kraljii Gardiner

Elee Kraljii Gardiner is a frequent collaborator with choreographers, musicians, sound and visual artists. She is the author of three poetry collections: sometimes, forest from Talonbooks, Trauma Head and serpentine loop from Anvil Press as well as the editor of two essay collections Against Death: 35 Essays on Living (Anvil Press) and V6A: Writing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside with John Asfour from Arsenal Pulp Press. She directs Vancouver Manuscript Intensive and is the seventh poet laureate of Vancouver.