Arielle Twist

Arielle Twist is a Nehiyaw (Cree) poet from Canada.[1] Her debut poetry collection Disintegrate / Dissociate was published in 2019, and won the Indigenous Voices Award for English poetry in 2020;[2] in the same year, Twist won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBTQ writers.[3]

A member of the George Gordon First Nation from Saskatchewan,[4] Twist identifies as transgender and Two-Spirit.[5] She was mentored in her early career by writer Kai Cheng Thom.[1]

Writing

Published in 2019 by Arsenal Pulp Press, Disintegrate / Dissociate focuses on "human relationships, death, and metamorphosis".[6] Her poems, which have been described as raw, confrontational, and eloquent, examine themes of colonization, kinship, displacement, and transmisogyny. About her writing, Twist states that "It feels like the most vulnerable thing [she has] ever done".[7] Twist says Disintegrate / Dissociate is about "love, loss, and grief" as well as her coping with her trauma through dissociation.[8]

Awards
  • Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers from the Writers' Trust of Canada (2020)[9]
  • Indigenous Voices Award for English poetry (2020)[10]
  • Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature (2020)[11]
  • Nominated for a Pushcart Prize (2019)[12]
  • Shortlisted for a National Magazine Award (2019)[13]

References
  1. Morgan Mullin, "Behind the verse with Arielle Twist". The Coast, August 13, 2020.
  2. "Winners Announced for 2020 Indigenous Voices Awards". Open Book, June 22, 2020.
  3. "4 emerging Canadian writers receive $10K prizes from Writers' Trust of Canada". CBC Books, October 21, 2020.
  4. Jane van Koeverden, "Arielle Twist explores grief in her poetry and finds a home in the Indigenous arts community". CBC Books, April 29, 2019.
  5. Kyle Muzyka, "Why two-spirit, trans writer Arielle Twist is afraid of love". Unreserved, February 8, 2019.
  6. Disintegrate/Dissociate.
  7. McCracken, Brennan. "Arielle Twist's becoming". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  8. McCracken, Brennan. "Arielle Twist's becoming". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  9. "Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers". Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers | Writers' Trust of Canada. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  10. "2020 IVAs". Indigenous Voices Awards. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  11. "The Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature". The Publishing Triangle. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  12. "Arielle Twist | Writers' Trust of Canada". Arielle Twist | Writers' Trust of Canada. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  13. "Arielle Twist". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2022-03-14.


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