Jami Macarty

Jami Macarty is the author of the full-length poetry collection The Minuses (2020) a Mountain West Poetry Series title published by The Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University and winner of the 2020 New Mexico/Arizona Book Award - Poetry Arizona. Jami is also the author of three chapbooks of poetry: Instinctive Acts (Nomados Literary Publishers, 2018), Mind of Spring (No. 22, Vallum Chapbook Series, 2017), winner of the 2017 Vallum Chapbook Award, and Landscape of The Wait (Finishing Line Press, 2017). Jami's poems appear or are forthcoming in American, Australian, and Canadian literary magazines, including Arc Poetry Magazine, Beloit Poetry Journal, The Capilano Review, Colorado Review, Interim, EVENT, Jet Fuel Review, The Journal, Ocean State Review, uerto del Sol, The Rumpus, Redivider, Vallum, and Volt. Former Executive Director of Tucson Poetry Festival (1996-2005), Jami teaches poetry and poetics at Simon Fraser University; yoga and meditation privately. As well as in Canada and the United States, Jami’s taught English and yoga in Ecuador, Ethiopia, Nepal, and United Arab Emirates. As an independent editor, Jami promotes the writing of other wordworkers, poets, and artists. Jami's own writing has been supported by the Arizona Commission on the Arts and British Columbia Arts Council; by the gift of residency at Mabel Dodge Luhan House; by the Writers Studio at Banff Centre and the Community of Writers; by Pushcart Prize nominations; by the tireless editors of literary magazines and presses, and by beloved readers.