My doctoral research focused on nineteenth-century women’s writing and print culture. My interest in early literary culture in Canada and in periodical publishing continues, and I am increasingly interested in the echoes of these things in contemporary culture. For example, my work extends the consideration of poetry as an opportunity for public engagement and the poet as a public figure by addressing twenty and twenty-first century examples, such as Sachiko Murakami’s online Project Rebuild and CBC Radio’s House Poet position.
In an unexpected leap in research topics, I am currently working on a project exploring the representation of the west (wild or otherwise) in Canadian literature.
