60th Anniversary Author Spotlight – Adrian De Leon

Adrian De Leon is an Abagatan (Southern) Ilokano writer and teacher from Manila by way of Scarborough. He is the author of Rouge (2018) and barangay (forthcoming 2021), and co-editor of FEEL WAYS: A Scarborough Anthology (2020). After receiving a BA in English (2014) and PhD in History (2019) at the University of Toronto, Adrian is now an Assistant Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles.

His poem “I, Wound” can be read on our website at canlit.ca/article/i-wound.

Canadian Literature issue 239, 60th Anniversary, is available to order through our online store.