Photo Credit:
Photo credit
Mark Kelly Photography
Charmaine Arjoonlal
BIO
Biography

Charmaine Arjoonlal (aka Charmaine Traynor-Ruitenberg) is a first generation South Asian/Portuguese Canadian author and social worker who lives with her husband and two rescue dogs in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. She’s grateful to reside on the Traditional Territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta'an Kwäch'än Council. When she’s not squeezing in writing, she enjoys hanging out in coffee shops, biking and swimming in cold lakes. Recent work has appeared in ANMLY, The Rumpus, Reckon Review, Dark Horses/Mobius Blvd, Field Guide Poetry Magazine and elsewhere. Charmaine is working on a collection of creative nonfiction and poetry. You can find Charmaine on x/twitter @arjoonlal on Instagram @charmainearjoonlal or visit her website charmainearjoonlal.wordpress.com.

ADDRESS
City: Whitehorse, Province/Territory: Yukon
EMAIL
GENRE
Creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
LINKS
Links
Website
EQUITY INITIATIVE
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Members who identify as:
Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized
Programs & Interests
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