Tara McGowan-Ross

Tara McGowan-Ross
Born (1992-05-01) May 1, 1992 (age 32)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationWriter, poet and artist
Alma materConcordia University
GenrePoetry, memoir
RelativesDon Ross (father)

Tara McGowan-Ross (born May 1, 1992) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist, poet and writer.[1]

Background

The daughter of guitarist Don Ross, McGowan-Ross was born in Toronto[2] and grew up in Cannington, Ontario. Her mother died of breast cancer when she was young.[3] At age 17, she moved to Halifax, where she finished high school.[2] McGowan-Ross identifies as having Mi'kmaw ancestry.[4][1][5]

She later moved to Montreal, Quebec to study at Concordia University, where she received her bachelor's degree in Philosophy and minored in Creative Writing.[citation needed]

Works

McGowan-Ross is the author of three books: two collections of poetry — Girth and Scorpio Season — and a memoir, Nothing Will Be Different.[6]

Her 2021 memoir Nothing Will Be Different was shortlisted for 2022 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.[7][8][3][9]

Personal life

McGowan-Ross is married; her husband is a painter.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tara McGowan-Ross | Writers' Trust of Canada".
  2. ^ a b c Heslop, Kevin Andrew (2023-11-28). "The Tara McGowan-Ross Interview Part the First". The Miramichi Reader. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  3. ^ a b Nikki, Manfredi (October 30, 2022). "Tara McGowan-Ross reflects on the messiness of her 20s in memoir Nothing Will Be Different". CBC. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  4. ^ Yoon, Jennifer (2019-01-23). "Mi'kmaw artist hosts Indigenous literature book club at Mile End's Drawn and Quarterly". CBC. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  5. ^ "Articles by Tara McGowan-Ross". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  6. ^ McGowan-Ross, Tara (2016). Girth. Insomniac Press. ISBN 978-1-55483-176-0.
  7. ^ "Writers & Books". Writers' Trust of Canada. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  8. ^ "Tara McGowan-Ross: Nothing Will be Different • Montreal Review of Books".
  9. ^ McGowan-Ross, Tara (2021). Nothing Will Be Different. Dundurn Press (published October 2021). ISBN 9781459748736.