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our team
Holly Ponce, Founding Editor, Design
Holly Ponce is a PhD student and teaching assistant at the University of Delaware where her research explores how online literary publications draw on the printed book as an art object. She holds an MA in English with a collaborative specialization in Book History and Print Culture from the University of Toronto. Her poetry and reviews have appeared in various publications including PRISM International, The Capilano Review, and Yolk.
Chloe Boyd, Founding Editor, Design
Chloe Boyd is recently graduated from McGill University with a BA in English Literature. She is a founding editor of The Imagist. Outside of The Imagist, she spends her free time reading or playing bass.
Asa Brunet-Jailly, Editor
Asa Brunet-Jailly recently graduated with Joint Honours in English Literature and Jewish Studies at McGill. She is currently completing an MA in English at York University. Her main areas of interest are the Victorian novel, alongside Anglo-Jewish and Yiddish literature. Outside of editing for The Imagist, she is a lead organizer for Rad Yiddish, a lay-led Yiddish literary group, and works as the Communications Associate for KlezKanada, a Yiddish cultural organization. Her poetry and prose have appeared in Niv Mag, the Veg, F Word, The McGill Tribune Creative Supplement, and Half a Grapefruit Magazine.
Ruxi Chirila, Editor
Ruxi Chirila recently graduated from McGill with Joint Honours in English Literature and Political Science . During her undergrad, she focused her studies on public policy and on short stories cycles centring immigrant experiences. Though she now works at Dialogue as an In-Person Network Coordinator perfecting the art of the email form, she still finds time to work on her prose off-duty. Her writing has appeared in The Veg, The Imagist’s first issue, and The Channel.
Emma Wiseman, Editor, Social Media Manager
Emma Wiseman is in her last year of her undergrad at McGill University, majoring in International Development Studies with a minor in English Lit. Outside of her work with The Imagist, she loves to read and write creatively, and is looking forward to graduating so that she can have more free time to do both! Her niche interests include feminist Gothic literature, sustainable policy development, and finding time to work on her first novel.
Hannah Sophia Blauer, Editor
Hannah Sophia Blauer recently graduated from McGill University with a BA in English Literature. You can find her in the park, soaking up the sun with a book and a beverage, or exercising her green thumb at the Milton-Park community garden on Saturdays.
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