Klara du Plessis is a poet and critic residing alternately in Montreal, Canada, and Cape Town, South Africa. Her chapbook, Wax Lyrical—shortlisted for the bpNichol Chapbook Award—was released in 2015, and a full-length, multilingual collection of long poems is forthcoming in 2018. She curates the monthly, Montreal-based Resonance Reading Series since 2013, writes reviews and essays, and is the editor-in-chief of carte blanche. Follow her on Twitter @ToMakePoesis