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 a Donald Hill Family 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, Dalhousie University, Université Laval, Bishop’s University, Vanier College, and in a community context for various organizations.
