Constellations celebrates Polestar's 20-year anniversary with selections from each book it has published since 1981. Many of the writers first published by Polestar went on to distinguished careers as poets, novelists, and essayists. This gorgeously designed anthology gathers celebrated voices across the Canadian landscape that include George Elliott Clarke, Aislinn Hunter, Paulette Jiles, Pat Lowther, Greg Scofield, Angela Hryniuk, John MacKenzie, and other prizewinning poets, to ensure a bold and lyrical poetic legacy.
Michelle Benjamin has worked in the book industry for many years as a publisher, editor, teacher and writer. She lives in Vancouver with her partner, fellow author Maggie Mooney, and their daughter.