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Jennifer Zilm

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Jennifer Zilm is a Canadian poet. Her first book, Waiting Room (2016), was a finalist for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry,[1] and has been described as making a "valuable contribution to the documentary tradition in Canadian poetry."[2] Her second book, The Missing Field (2018), was a finalist for the Pat Lowther Award.[3] The Malahat Review praised its poems "centred on the intellectual landscapes of documents and ephemera" for being "endlessly intricate and beautiful".[4]

Zilm is a former member of the Room Magazine editorial collective.[5] She is a librarian and archivist and her work draws heavily on techniques such as collage and erasure.[6]

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  1. ^ ""The Entitled Interview with Jennifer Zilm"". Open Book. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ^ Cox, Ryan J. (2017). "Museum Shop Memories". Canadian Literature. 233: 143–144 – via Academic Search Ultimate.
  3. ^ ""League of Canadian Poets Announce Finalists for 2019 Book Awards."". Quill and Quire. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ Morris, Rose (2019). "Poetry Reviews". The Malahat Review. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  5. ^ ""Meet Room Collective Member Jennifer Zilm"". roommagazine.com. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. ^ Kwan, Lindsay (2018). "#am Writing: How Authors Negotiate their Individual Creative Labour on Social Media.". Victoria: Royal Roads University. pp. 44–45.