Damian Rogers (RC 1993 Creative Writing and Literature), published An Alphabet for Joanna: A Portrait of My Mother in 26 Fragments (Penguin Random House, September 2020), a memoir about being raised by a loving but erratic single mother who is today diagnosed with a rare form of frontal-lobe dementia.
Damian has also published two books of poetry: Dear Leader (Coach House Books, 2015), which was nominated for the Trillium Poetry Prize; and Paper Radio (ECW Press, 2009), which was nominated for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award as well as the ReLit Award. Damian has taught creative writing at Ryerson University in Toronto and continues to teach private workshops. She is on and off social media @dam.rogers.
