Julie Joosten | |
Birth Date: | 1980 |
Birth Place: | Marietta, Georgia |
Occupation: | poet |
Period: | 2010s-present |
Nationality: | American-Canadian |
Notableworks: | Light Light |
Julie Joosten (born 1980) is an American-Canadian poet. Her debut collection, Light Light, was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2014 Governor General's Awards,[1] the 2014 Gerald Lampert Award[2] and the 2014 Goldie Award from the Golden Crown Literary Society.[3]
Originally from Marietta, Georgia,[4] she is a graduate of Williams College, Oxford University, the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop and Cornell University. She is currently based in Toronto, Ontario.[5]