‘AMERICA GIVES ME THE BENDS’

Lucile Barker is an unhoused Toronto poet, writer and activist. Since 1994, she has been the co-ordinator of the Joy of Writing, a weekly workshop at the Ralph Thornton Centre which is sponsored by the Ralph Thornton Center and the Queen Saulter Branch of the Toronto Public Library. Her prose and poetry have been published in print, on-line and broadcast. She is viewing her current situation as an adventure and material for future work.