Danielle LaFrance

Danielle LaFrance lives on occupied and stolen lands cared for by the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ peoples. LaFrance comes from Greek and Dutch ancestry, and is learning where her French-Canadian relatives came from. Following the would-be poetics mapped out in her new book JUST LIKE I LIKE IT (Talonbooks, 2019), LaFrance comes into reading and writing from a position knowing illusions are destroyed. Her recent poetry project #postdildo thinks and acts through fantasy, rape culture, modes of communication, yearnings, aftermaths, and lost ideas. In addition to being a poet, she is a community librarian, fighter and independent scholar. She is also the author of Friendly + Fire (Talonbooks, 2016) and species branding (Capilano University Editions, 2010).