CWWR 415 - Fiction and Non-Fiction Writing

Who Teaches CWWR 415?

Whitney French

Whitney French is a writer, multidisciplinary artist, and publisher. She edited the anthology ‘Black Writers Matter’ a collection of creative nonfiction, the winner of the Saskatchewan Book Award for Publishing 2020. As a Hurston Wright Foundation fellow, Whitney French is a self-described Black futurist, with writings in ARC Poetry, GEIST, the Puritan Magazine, WATER Magazine, CBC Books, and Quill and Quire. She has lectured and presented in a number of spaces including Spellman College, Festival of Literary Diversity, Wayne State University, SOHO House, Aga Khan Museum, and Howard University. Having worked as both a developmental and acquisitions editor, French is now the co-founder and publisher of Hush Harbour, the only Black queer feminist press in Canada. Whitney French is a certified arts-educator and teaches Creative Writing at Toronto Metropolitan University. Currently, she lives in Toronto.