Dawn Carter

Dawn Carter began her literary career in the 1990s. Most recently, her writing has appeared in The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology, the first collection of prairie-based Black literary works. She collaborated with artist Elsa Robinson for “Art From Here,” a series of visual art paired with literary reflections hosted by Latitude 53. She gave a walking lecture on the Art Gallery of Alberta’s “Inheritance” exhibit by visual artists Steven Nunoda, Adrian Stimson, and AA Bronson. She joined leading women poets in Rayanne Haine’s SkirtsAFire production, She, the Rock, in 2022. In January 2025, she headlined VERS/E, a queer poetry series in Edmonton.