Magie Dominic was born in Corner Brook Newfoundland. She studied at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh; New School University; Franklin Furnace; Open Theatre and with the founding members of the Off-Off Broadway movement. Her writing and artwork have been published, printed, exhibited or produced in over one hundred quarterlies, newspapers, magazines, anthologies, theatre productions, librettos, art galleries and books. One of the founding members of the Off-Off Broadway movement of the sixties and a member of Poets Fast for Peace during the Vietnam War, she has walked with Ginsberg, given poetry readings with Moondog, written poetry, short stories, essays, and non-fiction, and developed a creative writing curriculum for high school students at risk. Her art work includes installation, collage, illustration and photography and has been exhibited in Toronto and New York, including a presentation at the United Nations.

Awards/Grants
The Dakota Foundation
New School University Faculty Development Fund
Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation
Artists’ Fellowship
The Shaker Foundation
The Langston Hughes Award For Poetry

Selected Publications
The Queen of Peace Room, (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2002) ISBN: 0-88920-417-9

The Village Voice, (essays) 1999/2000
The Globe and Mail, (essay) 2002
commondreams.org, (essays) 2001/2002/2003

The Heart Poem, (chapbook) 1994
belles lettres / beautiful letters, (League of Canadian Poets,1994) ISBN:07xx.

Selected Anthologies
Belles Lettres/Beautiful Letters, (Living Archives Series, The League of Canadian Poets, 1994)
Pushing the Limits, (Women's Press, 1996)
Countering the Myths, (Women's Press, 1996)

Outrage, (Women's Press, 1994)

Books in Print

Magie Dominic

The Queen of Peace Room, (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2002) ISBN: 0-88920-417-9

The Heart Poem, (chapbook) 1994

Magie Dominic c/o Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada  N2L 3C5
(519) 884-0710, press@wlu.ca

thequeenofpeaceroom@hotmail.com