Poets and artists create through the same archaeological process of brushing off, scraping back, and building up deep—rooted experiences so that we may see our home and ourselves in unique ways. The Artists of Crow County treks through the working lives of Ontario artists, and allows readers a chance to tour with the exclusive thoughts of the artist's world. The poems within depict creative lives in Chatham—Kent, Canada and Mâlain, France. Two of the poems were shortlisted for the 2016 Walrus Poetry Prize, and the Polar Expressions Poetry Prize.

Kara Ghobhainn Smith is the author of The Artists of Crow County (Black Moss Press, 2017), co—author of Next to the Ice (Mosaic Press, 2016), Teaching, Learning, Assessing (Mosaic Press, 2007), and the author of the blogspot poetry series, 'The Travelling Professor'. Ghobhainn is Chatham—Kent's 2015—2016 Writer—in—Residence, and Editor of the Journal of Teaching and Learning (JTL), as well as the books' editor for the Canadian Journal of Education (CTL). Her poems have been shortlisted for the 2016 Walrus Poetry Prize and the Polar Expressions Prize.

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