Drag the Red
Zoe Jane Patterson prods at the misrepresentation of and violence towards Indigenous women in Canada, in this new poem.
An Interview with Artist Thomas Derksen
Zoe Jane Patterson talks to Canadian visual artist Thomas Derksen.
Muskoka
“My lungs are a juice-box / With no liquid left and he’s still thirsty” - Zoe Jane Patterson goes back to Ontario, Canada.
A KKK Kidnapping, The Love Laws, and The Shape of Water
Zoe Jane Patterson weaves together Arundhati Roy’s writing with the film The Shape of Water, to make a commentary about love, race and unspoken social laws.
Milton, I
New in poetry, Zoe Jane Patterson showcases her experience and memories of her hometown in Ontario, Canada.
On Interracial Relationships, The Sunken Place and Middle-Class Whiteness
“I started noticing all the times when my Dad and siblings were the only people of colour in a social group.” — Zoe Jane Patterson weaves personal experience with an analysis of Jordan Peele’s film Get Out to talk about race.
The Incel Pond
This poem was inspired by the April 23 events this year in Toronto, where a man who belonged to a group called INCEL drove into crowds downtown.
I am Canadian
Zoe Jane Patterson probes her national identity in this new poem.
Ode to Socks
Celebrating life through the rose lens of the ordinary — this new poem celebrates the mundane beauties of living.
Suburbs
Zoe Jane Patterson’s new poem takes a shivering look back at childhood.