Kirk Ramdath is a Trinidad-born Canadian poet who lives and writes in Calgary, Alberta. His writing has taken him to stages across Canada including Victoria, Saskatoon, Toronto, and Halifax. Thanks to writing grants from Canada Council for the Arts, Kirk has completed, Love from a Handful of Dust, a poetry manuscript containing 2 epic poems, to be published in 2011. Kirk is the organizer of Passion Pitch Poetry and has organized 37 poetry events in Calgary in 28 months. Previous to that, Kirk created and was Editor-in-Chief of Eleventh Transmission, Calgary’s arts, culture, media, and activism magazine. Kirk believes that voice is of supreme importance. And love.

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