Douglas Barbour, poet, critic, and reviewer,

is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Alberta, where he has taught creative writing, poetry, Canadian literature, twentieth century poetry and poetics, and science fiction and fantasy. Books of poetry include Visible Visions: The Selected Poems of Douglas Barbour (NeWest Press 1984), which won Alberta’s Stephan Stephannson Award for poetry, and Story for a Saskatchewan Night (rdc press 1989).

More recently, Fragmenting Body etc. (NeWest Press 2000), Breath Takes (Wolsak & Wynn 2002), A Flame on the Spanish Stairs (greenboathouse books 2003), and Continuations, with Sheila E. Murphy (University of Alberta Press 2006). Critical works include Daphne Marlatt and Her Works, John Newlove and His Works, bpNichol and His Works (ECW Press 1992) , and Michael Ondaatje (Twayne Publishers 1993). Lyric/Anti-lyric: essays on contemporary poetry appeared from NeWest Press in 2001. Transformations of Contemporary Canadian Poetry in English appeared from Adam Marszalek in Poland in 2005.

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Crystal Plamondon has earned an international reputation as a World-class recording artist and entertainer.

Crystal’s first independent release, Carpe Diem! (1993) marked Crystal’s first #1 hit “Capitaine” followed quickly by “On va faire le rigodon” in France.

In 1992, she received the Molson Canadian ARIA (Alberta Recording Industry Association) Performer of the Year Award. In 1993, she was nominated for YWCA’s Tribute to Women Award, for Arts & Culture. In 1994, Crystal was given formal recognition by being made an honorary citizen of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Crystal has filmed two music videos: Rendez-vous en Louisiane filmed in Louisiana, and Cajun Girl/ La Cajine filmed in Plamondon, AB.

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