Margo LaPierre
Poet and freelance literary editor whose collection Ajar (Guernica Editions, 2025) explores bipolar psychosis, recovery, and gendered violence; holds an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and has published across Canadian literary journals.
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Feb 1, 2026 • 41min
Margo LaPierre, "Ajar" (Guernica Editions, 2025)
Margo LaPierre, a poet and freelance literary editor with an MFA from UBC, reads from Ajar (Guernica, 2025). She talks about writing openly about bipolar psychosis, the book's visceral sensory imagery, and the craft choices behind centos and revision. Conversations also touch on fertility, bisexuality and suicide risk, and how motherhood and recovery reshape the poems.
