Poetry Event: Maria Giesbrecht celebrates A Little Feral

Maria Giesbrecht is a Canadian poet whose work explores her Mexican and Mennonite roots. Her writing has appeared in The Literary Review of Canada, Narrative, Grain, ONLY POEMS, San Pedro River Review, and elsewhere. She is the winner of the 2025 Jack McCarthy Book Prize, the Lesley Strutt Poetry Prize, a finalist for the 2025 Narrative Poetry Prize, a Best of Net nominee, and the founder of Gather, an international writing community that connects poets worldwide. Born in Durango, Mexico, she now lives near Toronto, Canada with her fiancée.

Jillian Stacia is the author of the poetry collection, Set the Bone, published by Arcana Poetry Press. She was selected as an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Jack McCarthy Book Prize and short-listed for the 2026 Central Avenue Poetry Prize. She has been nominated for several awards, including 2025 Best of Net and the 2025 Pushcart Prize. Her poetry has been featured in several literary magazines and anthologies. When she’s not writing, Jillian can be found chasing after her two children. Find her online @jillianstacia or at www.jillianstacia.com to read more of her work.

Isabelle Correa is a poet from Washington state now living in Mexico City. She studied creative writing at Western Washington University and is the author of the chapbook Sex is From Mars But I Love You From Venus and Good Girl and Other Yearnings (Write Bloody Publishing). Her next collection, Portrait of a Person Who Pushes Love Away in Fear of Losing It, is coming out in September 2026 (Arcana Press). Her work has appeared in Pank, Hobart, The Rebis, and more.