Nyla Matuk is the author of Sumptuary Laws (Véhicule Press, 2012) and Stranger (Véhicule Press, 2016). Her poems have appeared in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. including The New Yorker, PN Review, The Walrus, and Poetry. She has been nominated for the Walrus Poetry Prize and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Prize. In 2018, she was the Mordecai Richler Writer in Residence.