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    '''Smokii Sumac''' is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ktunaxa_Nation Ktunaxa] poet whose first book of poetry, ''you are enough: love poems for the end of the world'' was published in 2018 by Kegedonce Press.<ref name=PersonalSite>{{Cite web|url=http://smokiisumac.com/about/|title=About – Smokii Sumac|language=en|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> In addition to writing, Sumac dedicates much of his work to Indigenous and [[LGBTQ]] communities.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chazan |first1=May |last2=Baldwin |first2=Melissa |last3=Evans |first3=Patricia |title=Unsettling Activisms: Critical Interventions on Aging, Gender, and Social Change |date=2018 |publisher=Canadian Scholars' Press |page=16}}</ref>  He identifies as [[two-spirit]], [[transmasculine]], "an uncle" and "an auntie", and has said "I didn’t fit in that check box of male / female".<ref name=CVP>{{Cite web|url=https://www.columbiavalleypioneer.com/community/poet-finds-their-new-voice/|last=Ditson|first=Dauna|title=Poet finds their new voice|date=2019-01-02|website=The Columbia Valley Pioneer|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> He currently lives in both Peterborough, Ontario and Ithaca, New York with his family and their dog.<ref name=PersonalSite/> Smokii uses he/him and they/them [[pronouns]]<ref>https://www.instagram.com/smokiisumac/</ref>
    '''Smokii Sumac''' is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ktunaxa_Nation Ktunaxa] poet whose first book of poetry, ''you are enough: love poems for the end of the world'' was published in 2018 by Kegedonce Press.<ref name=PersonalSite>{{Cite web|url=http://smokiisumac.com/about/|title=About – Smokii Sumac|language=en|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> In addition to writing, Sumac dedicates much of his work to Indigenous and [[LGBTQ]] communities.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chazan |first1=May |last2=Baldwin |first2=Melissa |last3=Evans |first3=Patricia |title=Unsettling Activisms: Critical Interventions on Aging, Gender, and Social Change |date=2018 |publisher=Canadian Scholars' Press |page=16}}</ref>  He identifies as [[two-spirit]], [[transmasculine]], "an uncle" and "an auntie", and has said "I didn’t fit in that check box of male / female".<ref name=CVP>{{Cite web|url=https://www.columbiavalleypioneer.com/community/poet-finds-their-new-voice/|last=Ditson|first=Dauna|title=Poet finds their new voice|date=2019-01-02|website=The Columbia Valley Pioneer|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> He currently lives in both Peterborough, Ontario and Ithaca, New York with his family and their dog.<ref name=PersonalSite/> Smokii uses he/him and they/them [[pronouns]].<ref>https://www.instagram.com/smokiisumac/</ref>


    Sumac grew up in Invermere, British Columbia. He attended the David Thompson Secondary School. He has talked openly about his recovery from alcoholism and addiction.<ref name=CVP/> He credits the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in 2017 with inspiring him to begin writing poetry.<ref name=OP>{{cite journal |title=Smokii Sumac on Being Seen in Poetry, Why Endings Matter, and a New Spin on Love Letters |journal=Open Book |date=February 21, 2019 |url=http://open-book.ca/News/Smokii-Sumac-on-Being-Seen-in-Poetry-Why-Endings-Matter-and-a-New-Spin-on-Love-Letters}}</ref>
    Sumac grew up in Invermere, British Columbia. He attended the David Thompson Secondary School. He has talked openly about his recovery from alcoholism and addiction.<ref name=CVP/> He credits the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in 2017 with inspiring him to begin writing poetry.<ref name=OP>{{cite journal |title=Smokii Sumac on Being Seen in Poetry, Why Endings Matter, and a New Spin on Love Letters |journal=Open Book |date=February 21, 2019 |url=http://open-book.ca/News/Smokii-Sumac-on-Being-Seen-in-Poetry-Why-Endings-Matter-and-a-New-Spin-on-Love-Letters}}</ref>

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    Smokii Sumac is a Ktunaxa poet whose first book of poetry, you are enough: love poems for the end of the world was published in 2018 by Kegedonce Press.[1] In addition to writing, Sumac dedicates much of his work to Indigenous and LGBTQ communities.[2] He identifies as two-spirit, transmasculine, "an uncle" and "an auntie", and has said "I didn’t fit in that check box of male / female".[3] He currently lives in both Peterborough, Ontario and Ithaca, New York with his family and their dog.[1] Smokii uses he/him and they/them pronouns.[4]

    Sumac grew up in Invermere, British Columbia. He attended the David Thompson Secondary School. He has talked openly about his recovery from alcoholism and addiction.[3] He credits the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in 2017 with inspiring him to begin writing poetry.[5]

    Their work has been published in Write Magazine, Electric City Magazine and Canadian Literature. you are enough has been favorably reviewed in publications including Muskrat Magazine[6] and Transmotion.[7] In 2017 the Indigenous Voices Award was presented to Sumac for his unpublished poetry including his #haikuaday, which he posted on social media.[8] They have performed at various events and venues including the Queer Arts Festival in 2018 and PoetryNOW: 11th Annual Battle of the Bards in 2019. Currently, Smokii Sumac is a PhD Candidate in Indigenous Studies at Trent University, where he is researching "coming home" stories from a Ktunaxa adoptee and two-spirit perspective.[9]

    Publications

    • 'there are hierarchies of grief'. 2016 Canadian Literature.
    • "All My Relations": Aunties, Cousins, And Indigenous Methods Of Recognition. 2017 Write Magazine.
    • "No Pipelines On Stolen Native Land". 2017 Electric City Magazine.
    • "Two Spirit and Queer Indigenous Resurgence through Sci-Fi Futurisms, Doubleweaving, and Historical Re-Imaginings: A Review Essay" published on July 31, 2018 for Kent University.

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About – Smokii Sumac". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
    2. ↑ Chazan, May; Baldwin, Melissa; Evans, Patricia (2018). Unsettling Activisms: Critical Interventions on Aging, Gender, and Social Change. Canadian Scholars' Press. p. 16.
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ditson, Dauna (2019-01-02). "Poet finds their new voice". The Columbia Valley Pioneer. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
    4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/smokiisumac/
    5. ↑ "Smokii Sumac on Being Seen in Poetry, Why Endings Matter, and a New Spin on Love Letters". Open Book. February 21, 2019.
    6. ↑ Cole, Jenn (May 3, 2019). "You Are Enough: Love Poems for the End of the World by Smokii Sumac (Ktunaxa)". Muskrat Magazine.
    7. ↑ Morford, Ashley Caranto (2019). ""(big)/little" moments of world-building revolution: a review of Smokii Sumac's you are enough: love poems for the end of the world". Transmotion. 5 (1): 336–339. Retrieved 30 September 2019. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
    8. ↑ "How a scholarly association is helping Indigenous writers to thrive". University Affairs. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
    9. ↑ Patricia. "SMOKII SUMAC". kegedonce.com. Retrieved 2019-04-16.

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