Heather Haley

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About Heather Haley
Poet, songbird and media artist Heather Haley pushes boundaries by creatively integrating disciplines, genres and media. Her writing has appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies, she was Poetry Editor for the "LA Weekly" and publisher of the "Edgewise Cafe," one of Canada’s first electronic literary magazines. Haley has directed numerous videopoems, official selections at dozens of international film festivals. Renowned as an engaging performer, she’s toured Canada, the U.S and Europe in support of two critically acclaimed AURAL Heather CDs of spoken word song, "Princess Nut" and "Surfing Season." She is the author of poetry collections "Sideways," "Three Blocks West of Wonderland," "Skookum Raven" and debut novel, "The Town Slut's Daughter," currently being adapted to the stage.
"Haley has the gift of writing to suit her subject in all its raddled variety, from wired and jarring to lyrical and tragic."-Vancouver Sun
Website: heatherhaley.com
Twitter: @heatherhaley
Facebook.com/HeatherSusanHaley
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Blog postPhoto of moi in Joshua Tree National Monument many moons ago and enclosed, a work-in-progress. Needed to make a long overdue blog entry. It’s been taken over by bots and persistent spammers like Eric who know how to attract visitors. So busy of late! But c’est la vie. It is also good and more […]3 weeks ago Read more
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Blog postAnd a suggestive-of-spring image by my dear friend and favourite photographer Gabor Gasztonyi. PRINTEMPS Yet another ode Immortal springtime is a tease though not hedonistic. The pleasure spring brings is a fluke, for spring is a cog in the cycle, we, mere fallout. Let’s not speak of winter’s bluster or those who are dead to […]2 months ago Read more
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Blog postI recently participated in a Women In Punk panel as part of Dina Goldstein’s exceptional OG Punk photo exhibit at the Polygon Gallery. In esteemed company, I was thrilled to engage in lively discussion with Jade Blade of the Dishrags, Vanessa Richards of Bolero Lava and Sook-Yin Lee of Bob’s Your Uncle. That was then. […]3 months ago Read more
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Blog postFREEDOM’S JUST A WORD Neither winter nor crumbling highways will impede truculent truckers transporting empty containers fuelled by misguided millions. American-aping, peripheral neo-Vikings off to conquer snowflakes, smash Ottawa walls beneath a shape-shifting FREEDOM banner. Machinery as weaponry mission. Blind to delusion, roadside placarded converts eagerly buy their cheap wares. Infodemic intrudes yet again […]4 months ago Read more
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Blog post…after months of being away. Finding much inspiration in Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel “Crossroads,” a pastor protagonist inciting me to investigate theology. I was raised in a secular household by lapsed Catholic parents but would often attend church in order to sing in the choir. I’ve realized that being well-versed in Bible verses informs my […]4 months ago Read more
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Blog postStarting off 2022 with challenges, not so new challenges, challenges that resemble last year and the year before that’s challenges. We appeared be over the hump, looking forward to the holidays, seeing loved ones and celebrating together when Omicron hit. Oh well, I must accept that life is struggle. And joy and sorrow. It still […]4 months ago Read more
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Blog postI’m stuck! It’s a long and arduous process but I’ve been archiving my archives which include thousands of photographs and memorabilia in a vast array of formats and media. I’m nearly half-way through one box. *sigh* Oh well, the only way out is through. I’m going to sell off some rare zines and […]5 months ago Read more
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Blog postMore heavy rain, thinking of everyone in BC affected by flooding. I pray, in my devout atheist fashion for them. Speaking of victims, this Sharon Olds poem brings to mind my sisters and our upbringing. My take; it’s about family, the “Senior Officers,” parents. Ours should have been indicted. I suppose they were until […]6 months ago Read more
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Blog postBeen so busy I’ve been neglecting my site/blog; find nearly a hundred spam messages upon returning. Apparently I can learn how to trim my dog’s nails, make a fortune with passive income/cryptocurrency, acquire free advertising on Google, buy a super backpack or team up with a group of highly qualified ethical hackers for a small fee […]6 months ago Read more
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Blog postFirst blog post in a long time. I’m over the hump with my move, just need to hang pictures. I’m much happier in my new space so the stress and upheaval was worth it. And with this post this proud mama wants to say I got to spend a pleasant evening of lively conversation with […]7 months ago Read more
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Titles By Heather Haley
There are some rough and wild birds around Howe Sound - West Coast avians like the sharp-shinned hawk, the northern harrier, and the whiskey-jack. Heather Haley, an accomplished mapper of human migration, pair-bonding and predation, takes these feathered frenemies as her starting point in this assured third collection, Skookum Raven. Like her foremothers and contemporaries Gwendolyn MacEwen, Susan Musgrave and Karen Solie, Haley writes sophisticated free lyrics of a witchy feminist kind - but adds some proletarian ferocity with her bus-station grandpas and sketches of iffy guys like Ed the Fence. These are astute, austere poems which sometimes take flight into optimistic beauty - this book is 'pockmarked with luck.'