Ann Elizabeth Carson
Encyclopedia
Ann Elizabeth Carson, born 19 March 1929 in Toronto
, Canada
,is a poet
, author
, artist
, sculptor, feminist, and psychotherapist.
years at Trinity College
, University of Toronto
, and while raising four children.
Ann now writes, paints, and sculpts in Toronto and Manitoulin Island
. She especially enjoys reading from her work at multi-media events with other poets, writers, and artists, and with dancers and musicians. Carson also leads workshops in how the arts create a new perspective in the ways we see ourselves and our world.
Carson belongs to the League of Canadian Poets
, Old Town ARTbeat, the Ontario Poetry Society, the Toronto Heliconian Club,and the Tower Poetry Society. She is a Mother of 4 and grandmother of 6. She loves music, theatre, gardening, gallery hopping, and bookstore browsing with family and friends.
Selections and reviews of Carson’s books have appeared in publications, including the Sudbury Star (2005/10), Canadian Women Studies/les cahiers de la femme (2008/09, 2011), Herizons magazine (2008/9), p o e t r y’z o w n (2009/10, 2011), Celebrating Poets over 70, an anthology published by McMaster University Centre for Gerontological Studies and the Tower Poetry Society (2010),Island Mists, an anthology of the Poetry Institute (2010), Manitoulin Cross-pollination Two, exhibit catalogue of writers and artists (2010), Monhegan Memo #6 (2010), OWN Quarterly (December 2010) and Exile Quarterly (September 2010).
Toronto
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, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
,is a poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, sculptor, feminist, and psychotherapist.
Biography
Carson’s love of words and writing began in elementary school. She published sporadically in high school, during her undergraduateyears at Trinity College
University of Trinity College
The University of Trinity College, informally referred to as Trin, is a college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1851 by Bishop John Strachan. Trinity was intended by Strachan as a college of strong Anglican alignment, after the University of Toronto severed its ties with the Church of...
, University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
, and while raising four children.
Ann now writes, paints, and sculpts in Toronto and Manitoulin Island
Manitoulin Island
Manitoulin Island is a Canadian island in Lake Huron, in the province of Ontario. It is the largest island in a freshwater lake in the world. In addition to the historic Anishinaabe and European settlement of the island, archeological discoveries at Sheguiandah have demonstrated Paleo-Indian and...
. She especially enjoys reading from her work at multi-media events with other poets, writers, and artists, and with dancers and musicians. Carson also leads workshops in how the arts create a new perspective in the ways we see ourselves and our world.
Carson belongs to the League of Canadian Poets
League of Canadian Poets
The League of Canadian Poets , a non-profit arts service organization, is the national association of professional publishing and spoken word poets in Canada...
, Old Town ARTbeat, the Ontario Poetry Society, the Toronto Heliconian Club,and the Tower Poetry Society. She is a Mother of 4 and grandmother of 6. She loves music, theatre, gardening, gallery hopping, and bookstore browsing with family and friends.
Publications
- My Grandmother’s Hair, a tale about how our family stories make our memories and shape our lives (Edgar Kent, 2007)
- Shadows Light, a collection of poetry and sculptures (Longboat Alliance, 2005)
- The Risks of Remembrance, new poems (Words Indeed, 2010)
Selections and reviews of Carson’s books have appeared in publications, including the Sudbury Star (2005/10), Canadian Women Studies/les cahiers de la femme (2008/09, 2011), Herizons magazine (2008/9), p o e t r y’z o w n (2009/10, 2011), Celebrating Poets over 70, an anthology published by McMaster University Centre for Gerontological Studies and the Tower Poetry Society (2010),Island Mists, an anthology of the Poetry Institute (2010), Manitoulin Cross-pollination Two, exhibit catalogue of writers and artists (2010), Monhegan Memo #6 (2010), OWN Quarterly (December 2010) and Exile Quarterly (September 2010).