- Sat, Aug 10Virtual EventAug 10, 2024, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. EDTVirtual Event
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- Wed, Mar 29Virtual EventMar 29, 2023, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EDTVirtual EventMar 29, 2023, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EDTVirtual EventIn this book launch, Dr. Bolton shares the path taken from her creative writing-based dissertation to full-length poetry collection. In her doctoral research, Dr. Bolton used poetic-phenomenological research methods to explore the poetic essence of the singular postpartum depression experience.
About Dr. Bolton
Dr. Elizabeth Bolton is a writer/poet and editor with a PhD in Literacy Education (Department of CTL, OISE, 2021) and a multiple-subject (K-8) California teaching credential. Her poetic-phenomenological doctoral research project explored the mental/physical health benefits of reflective creative writing. Coronation is her first full-length poetry book, and a poetic extension of her dissertation. More of her writing on the mental health experience can be found in The Conversation (Canada), Sick Magazine, Oyster River Pages, and Porter House Review, among others. She is currently an associate editor for the Hart House Review, a literary magazine on the University of Toronto campus. Contact her via email for tutoring, teaching and public speaking inquiries.
Education
2016-2021
PhD Literacy Education
OISE, University of Toronto
mental and physical health benefits of creative writing
2014-2016
MA Literacy Education
OISE, University of Toronto
the therapeutic fairy tale reading experience
2003-2007
BA Classical Languages
University of California, Berkeley
Latin and Ancient Greek languages
Selected Publications
a full-length poetry collection available from Wipf & Stock, Amazon, and Bookshop.org
article for The Conversation (Canada)
3 / Writing Woman
3rd Prize Poetry Winner for the Hart House Literary Contest 2020
an invited book launch and dissertation discussion for the Centre for Educational Research in Languages and Literacy (CERLL)
poetic essay for the Institute for Poetic Medicine's May 2024 newsletter