Jay Ritchie

Jay Ritchie is a poet, critic, and teacher.

I earned my PhD in Literature from McGill University, where I examined the intersections between text and other art forms in contemporary poetic practices. This research was funded by a SSHRC CGS Doctoral Scholarship, a Wolfe Fellowship in Scientific and Technological Literacy, and other awards. I am currently carrying out critical and creative research on contemporary poetry as the Donald Hill Family Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Dalhousie University.

My most recent book is the poetry collection Listening in Many Publics (Invisible Publishing, 2024), a finalist for the 2024 A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry. I have also published the poetry collection Cheer Up, Jay Ritchie (Coach House Books, 2017). I hold an MFA in Poetry from UMass Amherst.

From 2015-2017 I was the Assistant Editor for Metatron Press. From 2021-2022 I was the Managing Editor for Vallum magazine, as well as Manager for the outreach program of the Vallum Society for Education in Arts and Letters.

I have taught courses in English and Creative Writing at McGill University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Bishop’s University, Vanier College, Université Laval, and in a community context for various organizations.