allegra kaplan
Allegra Kaplan is a queer writer living on the unceded territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) peoples.Her poetry has appeared in Grain, Room, LBRNTH, yolk, Beaver Magazine, Ahoy Literary, The Fieldstone Review, Unstamatic Magazine, and elsewhere. She is currently an Assistant Poetry Editor at yolk and a Poetry Intern at Planet Earth Poetry.In the form of collaborative publications, Allegra's scholarly work has appeared in IDEAH: Interdisciplinary Digital Engagement in Arts & Humanities, KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies, Currents in Teaching and Learning, and the Crafting Communities project. She has served previously as Poetry Editor for The Warren Review and on the poetry editorial board for PRISM international.Allegra recently completed her MA in English Literatures at the University of British Columbia, where her SSHRC-funded research engaged critically with contemporary Canadian poetry and poetics. She is now developing her first full collection of poetry.Allegra works as a freelance writer. She is available for readings, book reviews, work solicitations, editorial commissions, workshop facilitations, and more. Please contact for rates, scheduling and other information.
selected poems
“Eating Ezekiel 4:9 Golden Flax Sprouted Grain Crunchy Cereal” &
“26 Times Glass Was Not Strong Enough.” — yolk. Print.“Poem in Which I Crawl On My Hands and Knees” — LBRNTH magazine. Print.“I Am Making a Loaf of Gluten-Free Banana Bread and Replacing the Psyllium Husk Powder with Orange-Flavoured Metamucil” — Room Magazine. Print.“on queering grief (haibun #2)” — Ahoy Literary. Print.“Tonella tenella, or The One Where I Profess My Love for You” — Grain. Print. “Tonella tenella, or The One Where I Profess My Love for You” — Poetry Pause:
2025 Member Spotlight. League of Canadian Poets.“Will This Mega Jawbreaker be a Match for the Hand of God?” — Beaver Magazine.“The Little Jesus Under My Arm” — The Fieldstone Review.“Misery Index” & artist’s statement — nationalpoetrymonth.ca (AngelHousePress).“Protection from Coronavirus with Immunity Oil” & “How Your Family Lived” — The Warren. Print.
selected prose
“September 15th” — This Year: 2025, Big Table Press.
