Jas M. Morgan

Jas M. Morgan
Morgan before 2S Ball 2019 - Ottawa
Alma materMcGill University
OccupationsWriter, professor
Writing career
LanguageEnglish
Websitejasmorgan.com

Jas M. Morgan is an Indigenous Canadian writer,[1] who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBTQ writers in 2019.[2]

Biography

Morgan, of Cree, Saulteaux and Métis heritage, is a professor in the Department of English at Ryerson University.[3] They are also a doctoral student in art history at McGill University, and Editor-at-Large on Indigenous art for Canadian Art magazine.[4]

Their first book, nîtisânak, was published in 2018, and was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography at the 31st Lambda Literary Awards,[4] and for the Indigenous Voices Award for English-language literature.[4] They were identified as a Canadian writer to watch by CBC Books in 2019.[5]

They previously worked as editor for mâmawi-âcimowak, an Indigenous art journal.[6] Their writing has also appeared in GUTS, Malahat Review, Teen Vogue, Room, and other popular publications.[6] In 2019 they served as one of the CBC Nonfiction Prize readers.[7] Additionally, Morgan curated the 2019 Arts and Literary Magazines Summit.[6]

Awards

Yr Work Award Category Result Ref
2018 Canadian Art Kinship issue National Magazine Awards Best Editorial Package Nominated [3]
2019 nîtisânak Dayne Ogilive Prize — Won
Indigenous Voices Award Published Prose in English Shortlisted
Lambda Literary Awards Lesbian Memoir/Biography Shortlisted
Quebec Writers' Federation Awards Concordia University First Book Prize Nominated
"Sex Ed: Beyond the Classroom" National Media Awards Foundation Digital Publishing Awards Best Digital Editorial Package Won

Bibliography

  • —— (2016). Critical Sass. bawajigaywin.[8]
  • —— (2018). nîtisânak. Metonymy Press. ISBN 9780994047175.[9]

Academic Publishing

  • —— (2018). Prairie Families: Cree-Métis-Saulteux Materialities as Indigenous feminist Materialist Record of Kinship-Based Selfhood (Master of Arts Thesis).
  • —— (2018). "I Wonder Where They Went: Post-Reality Multiplicities and Counter-Resurgent Narratives in Thirza Cuthand's Lessons in Baby Dyke Theory". Canadian Theatre Review (175): 47–51.
  • —— (2019). "Toward a Relational Historicization of Indigenous Art". Art Journal. 77 (4): 127–128.
  • —— (July 2019). "Distorted Love: Mapplethorpe, the Neo/Classical Sculptural Black Nude, and Visual Cultures of Transatlantic Enslavement". Imaginations.

References

  1. ↑ "'This is who I am': Young Indigenous artists reclaim their roots | National Post".
  2. ↑ "Jas M. Morgan". Writers' Trust of Canada. Archived from the original on 2023-09-30. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  3. 1 2 "Jas Morgan". Toronto Metropolitan University. Archived from the original on 2023-07-17. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  4. 1 2 3 Huard, Adrienne. "The Vibrational Effects of Indigenous Burlesque". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  5. ↑ CBC Books (July 1, 2019). "19 Canadian writers to watch in 2019". CBC books. Archived from the original on August 22, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 "About". Jas M. Morgan. 2016-03-03. Archived from the original on 2022-05-16. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  7. ↑ "The Bridge with Nantali Indongo".
  8. ↑ "Critical Sass Press: bawajigaywin". Jas M. Morgan. 2016-08-20. Archived from the original on 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  9. ↑ "Press kit: nîtisânak by Jas M Morgan". Metonymy Press. Archived from the original on 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
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