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Originally from the American Southwest now based in Montreal, Rae Marie Taylor is a poet, performer and visual artist concerned with both the spiritual health of our contemporary lives and the complex interactions of habitat and culture.

She has authored and produced the CD Black Grace, with musician/composer David Gossage, as well as seven solo Spoken Word shows, among which: (in French) Chant du Nord, regard du Sud at l’Espace Félix Leclerc and most recently Songs of Solidarity/Chants d’amitiés en mouvance, (bilingual) with musicians Pierre Tanguay and Diane Labrosse at the vernissage of her exhibit From Sand and Stars at the Centre d’art E.K. Voland in Montreal.

Published in Quebec but concerned with her homeland, Rae’s book of essays, The Land: Our Gift and Wild Hope, was named finalist for the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. Her writing appears in both English and French reviews and anthologies including Montréal Serai 33, Vallum magazine 17:1, The Apostles Review #19, Les Écrits #146, and Femmes rapaillées.

Having performed at the Festival international de poésie de Trois-rivières and Ireland’s Listowel Writers’ Week, Rae continues to share the stage with fellow writers in a variety of venus.

A former teacher of language and literature at Dawson College, Concordia’s Simone de Beauvoir Institute and CEGEP Limoilou, she holds a Masters degree with honors from L’Université Aix-Marseille, France.