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Licia Canton

Accenti Magazine

 

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Membership level
PhD without full-time employment
Last name
Canton
First name
Licia
Organization
Accenti Magazine
 

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Job title
Founding Editor-in-chief/Author of short stories and nonfiction
Website
accenti.ca
 

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Author of The Pink House and Other Stories (2018), Almond Wine and Fertility (2008)/Vino alla mandorla e fertilità (2015); essays on culinary culture and heritage; area of research is queer Italian-Canadian writing, Canadian women writers and artists of Italian heritage; director of documentary Creative Spaces: Queer and Italian Canadian (Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyhhe4gzsfQ, Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xu8_ZZbcLo; founding editor-in-chief of Accenti Magazine (www.accenti.ca); (co)editor of 14 volumes, including two on the internment of Italian Canadians (2012) and the groundbreaking Here & Now: An Anthology of Queer Italian-Canadian Writing (Vol. 1, 2021; Vol. 2, 2024); president Association of Italian-Canadian Writers (2021-2022/2010-2014). Research Advisor (2020-21), Emilio Goggio Fellow (2021-2022) and co-director of Italian-Canadian Queer Artists Project at Frank Iacobucci Centre for Italian-Canadian Studies at the University of Toronto. Premio Italia nel Mondo 2018.
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