Jesse

Jesse Norman (1994) was born in Comox, on the unceded territory of the K’ómoks First Nation. He’s currently pursuing an MFA in poetry at UBCO in Kelowna, and graduated from University of Victoria with a double major BA in Creative Writing and English Literature. He predominantly writes poetry but adores the mediums of graphic prose and film. His poetry is published in CV2, as well as “Drift: Poems and Poets from the Comox Valley”, and is forthcoming in The Malahat Review. He was the 2022 recipient of the Philip Pickering Award in Poetry.