MCMASTER, Susan

MCMASTER, Susan. Canadian, b. 1950. Genres: Poetry, Plays/Screenplays. Career: Poet, writer, editor, performance artist, and producer. Teacher, Edmonton public schools, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1971-73; freelance editor and writer, 1973-89; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, book editor, 1989-. Branching Out, founding editor, 1973-75, associate, 1975-80; cofounder, First Draft (intermedia performance art group), 1980-90. Publications: POETRY; Seven Poems, 1983; Dark Galaxies, 1986; Lac Vert, 1985, 1987; The Hummingbird Murders, 1992; Learning to Ride, 1994; Uncommon Prayer: A Book of Dedications, 1997. OTHER: (with A. McClure and C. Dupuis) Pass This Way Again: A Collection of Performance Poetry, 1983; (with A. McClure and C. Morton) North/South: Performance Scores for One to Seven Speakers (word/music scores), 1987. EDITOR: Dangerous Graces: Women's Poetry on Stage from "Fire Works!": A Celebration of Women's Theatre, Canadian Theatre Company (poetry script anthology), 1987; (with C. Ford) Margaret Christakos and others, Illegitimate Positions: Women and Language, 1992; Two Women Talking: Correspondence 1985-87, Erin Moure and Bronwen Wallace, 1993; (with C. Morton) Bookware: Ottawa Valley Poets, 1994; Siolence: Poets on Women, Violence, and Silence, 1998; Waging Peace: Poetry and Political Action, 2002. Contributor to anthologies. Address: 43 Belmont Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1S 0T9. Online address: ae414@freenet.carleton.ca.