Molly Pearce
Position:
PhD student
Stream:
Literature
Specialization by geographical area:
Canada
United States
Specialization by time period:
20th-Century
21st-Century
Area(s):
Archives & Bibliography
Book History
Poetry & Poetics
Biography:
Molly Pearce is a Ph.D. student in the Department of English at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University. She is a committee member for the Montreal International Poetry Prize. Her research focusses on twentieth-century Canadian and American ecopoetry and articulations of place and regionality.
Degree(s):
M.A. University of Victoria, 2024
B.A. (Hons) ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University, 2023
Current research:
20th-century Canadian and American poetry; literatures of the West Coast; ecocriticism and ecopoetics
Awards, honours, and fellowships:
- SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters, 2024
- Lionel Shapiro Award for Creative Writing, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University, 2023
- Mona Elaine Adilman Poetry Prize, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University, 2022
- Peterson Memorial Prize, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University, 2022
- Chester MacNaughton Prize in Creative Writing, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University, 2022