April Bulmer is a Canadian

Canada

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 poet whose poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies, including Arc, the Malahat Review, Quills, and Ascent Aspirations. Her poetry has won awards from Leaf Press and the Ontario Poetry Society.

Bulmer was born in Toronto and educated at that city's York University

York University

York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....

, where she earned a Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in English

English literature

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 and mass communications. She holds three Master's degree

Master's degree

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s: in creative writing from Concordia University in Montreal, in theology from Toronto's University of Trinity College

University of Trinity College

The University of Trinity College, informally referred to as Trin, is a college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1851 by Bishop John Strachan. Trinity was intended by Strachan as a college of strong Anglican alignment, after the University of Toronto severed its ties with the Church of...

 and in religious studies from the University of Windsor

University of Windsor

The University of Windsor is a public comprehensive and research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has a student population of approximately 15,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and over 1000 graduate students...

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Publications

• 1991: A Salve for Every Sore, Cormorant Books, ISBN 978-0-920953-66-2
• 1997: The Weight of Wings, Trout Lily Press, ISBN 978-0-96815-303-8
• 1999: HIM, Black Moss Press, ISBN ISBN 978-0-88753-322-1
• 2004: Oh My Goddess, Serengeti Press, ISBN 978-0-9732068-4-5
• 2005: Spring Rain, Serengeti Press, ISBN 978-0-9732068-9-6
• 2007: Black Blooms, Serengeti Press, ISBN 978-0-9784474-1-0
• 2008: The Goddess Psalms, Serengeti Press, ISBN 978-0-9784474-3-4