Carolyn Zonailo is a Canadian

Canada

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 poet

Poet

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 and publisher.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia

British Columbia

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. Zonailo studied at the University of Rochester

University of Rochester

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, from which she received a B.A. in literature

Literature

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 1971. IN 1980, she received a M.A. in literature from Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University

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. She has also studied Jungian psychology, mythology

Mythology

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 and astrology

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In 1977, she founded Caitlin Press, which she ran with Cathy Ford and Ingrid Klassen. The press was later sold and relocated to northern British Columbia.

Zonailo lives in Montreal

Montreal

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 with her husband Stephen Morrissey and divides her time between Quebec

Quebec

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 and the West Coast

British Columbia Coast

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Selected bibliography

• Inside Passage. Vancouver: Caitlin Press, 1977.
• The Wide Arable Land. Vancouver: Caitlin Press, 1981.
• A Portrait of Paradise. Vancouver: Blewointment, 1983.
• Compendium. Vancouver: Heron, 1985.
• Zen Fores. Vancouver: Caitlin Press, 1987.
• The Taste of Giving: New & Selected Poems. Vancouver: Caitlin Press, 1990. ISBN 0-920576-30-3
• Nature's Grace. Montreal: Empyreal, 1993. ISBN 1-895593-06-9
• Poem Factory. 1993. ISBN 0-921852-03-7
• Memory House. Montreal: Empyreal, 1995. ISBN 0-921852-08-8
• Wading the Trout River. Montreal: Empyreal, 1997. ISBN 0-921852-18-5
• Winter. Pointe Claire: Morgaine House, 1998. ISBN 0-9699233-5-X
• The Goddess in the Garden. Victoria: Ekstasis, 2002
• Holy Hours. Pointe Claire: Morgaine House, 2004.

External links

• Carolyn Zonailo's website