Maggie Helwig
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Maggie Helwig (born 1961) is a Canadian poet, novelist and social justice activist. She was educated at Trent University, graduating with an honours B.A. in 1983. She graduated from Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute (KCVI) in Kingston, Ontario, in 1979.
She has also co-edited many anthologies of Canadian fiction and poetry, with collaborators including Bronwen Wallace, Douglas Glover, Mark Anthony Jarman and her father, David Helwig. She was also editor of The ACTivist, a Canadian peace and human rights magazine, from 1991 to 1993, and has worked with activist groups including the East Timor Alert Network.
In addition, Helwig was anorexic for seven years; her essay "Hunger" expresses her views on the subject.
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[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Poetry
- Walking Through Fire, 1981
- Tongues of Men and Angels, 1985
- Eden, 1987
- Because the Gunman, 1987
- Talking Prophet Blues, 1989
- Graffiti for J.J. Harper, 1991
- Eating Glass, 1994
- The City on Wednesday, 1996
- One Building In the Earth: New and Selected Poems, 2002
[edit] Fiction
- Gravity Lets You Down, 1997 (short fiction)
- Where She Was Standing, 2001
- Between Mountains, 2004
- Girls Fall Down, 2008
[edit] Essays
- Apocalypse Jazz, 1993
- Real Bodies, 2002
[edit] External links
Hunger
