Re-Origin of Species

Alessandra Naccarato’s poems are visually powerful and sensually charged. Her imagery is as unexpected as it is memorable.

She is a writer, performer, and teacher based in Vancouver. Her writing has appeared across Canada and the United States. Winner of the public vote for the 2014 CBC Poetry Prize and Event magazine’s 2014 Creative Non-Fiction Award, she has toured nationally and internationally as a spoken word artist, has worked with thousands of youth across the country, and is completing an MFA in creative writing at the University of British Columbia.