Catherine Graham is a Toronto-based writer of poetry and fiction. Among her six poetry collections, The Celery Forest was named a CBC Best Book of the Year. Her Red Hair Rises with the Wings of Insects was a finalist for the Raymond Souster Award and CAA Award for Poetry and her debut novel, Quarry, was a finalist for the Sarton Women’s Book Award and Fred Kerner Book Award and won “The Very Best!” Book Award and an IPPY Gold Medal Award. She teaches at the University of Toronto where she won an Excellence in Teaching Award. A previous winner of TIFA’s Poetry NOW, she leads their monthly book club. Æther: an out-of-body lyric is her seventh poetry book. www.catherinegraham.com @catgrahampoet
