Ivan Coyote
| Ivan E.Coyote | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1969 (age 44–45) Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Ivan E. Coyote |
| Occupation |
spoken word performer writer |
| Website | |
| www.ivanecoyote.com | |
Ivan E. Coyote (born Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada in 1969) is a Canadian spoken word performer and writer.
Career
Coyote began performing spoken word in 1992. They joined Arsenal Pulp Press in 2000 and has since had seven books published with them. They regularly combine story telling and music, and has worked with a number of musicians including Veda Hille, Dan Mangan and Rae Spoon.[1] Coyote has been a columnist for the gay magazines Xtra! and Xtra! West for a number of years.[2]
Coyote has been writer-in-residence of a number of organisations, including Carleton University in 2007,[1] Vancouver Public Library in 2009,[3] and from 2011 at the University of Winnipeg.[4][5] Coyote also served on the jury of the 2012 Dayne Ogilvie Prize, a literary award for emerging LGBT writers in Canada, selecting Amber Dawn as that year's winner.
Personal life
Coyote does not believe in the gender binary[6] and uses gender-neutral pronouns.[7]
Bibliography
| Title | Year published | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Boys Like Her | 1998 | |
| Close to Spider Man | 2000 | |
| One Man's Trash | 2002 | |
| Loose End | 2004 | |
| Bow Grip | 2006 | Winner of 2007 ReLit Award; Stonewall Book Award Honor Book |
| The Slow Fix | 2008 | Short listed for the Lambda Literary Award (lesbian fiction) |
| Missed Her | 2010 | |
| Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme | 2011 | Co-edited with Zena Sharman; Stonewall Book Award Honor Book |
| One in Every Crowd | 2012 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "bio". ivanecoyote.com. 18 July 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ↑ "Ivan E. Coyote". Arsenal Pulp Press. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ↑ "COYOTE, Ivan E.". ABCBookWorld. 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ↑ "Ivan Coyote named University of Winnipeg Writer-in-Residence (Dec 2010)". Arsenal Pulp Press. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ↑ Staff Writer (2010-11-17). "Ivan Coyote named U of W's sixth writer-in-residence". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ↑ Coyote, Ivan E (July 29, 2010). "Can I be Frank?". Xtra!. Retrieved 20 November 2010. "since I didn’t believe in the two-gender system"
- ↑ Coyote, Ivan E (January 12, 2012). "'They' is me". Xtra!. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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