Jamella Hagen’s first collection of poetry, Kerosene, was published by Nightwood Editions in 2011. Her work has won the Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem, and has appeared in journals and anthologies across North America, including Calyx, The Malahat Review, The Best Canadian Poetry in English, and Alaska Quarterly Review. She lives in Whitehorse, Yukon, and teaches creative writing at Yukon University.