Kathleen Brown is the 2009 recipient of the CV2 Lina Chartrand Award. She has recently been published in CV2, the Capilano Review, and the Fiddlehead. She edits Dandelion magazine (http://www.dandelionmag.ca/), is a co-artistic director of the Vagabond Trust (http://thevagabondtrusttoronto.wordpress.com/), and a Patagraduate. Kathleen belongs to the Eyeland Nation.