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salem paige

poet, essayist, designer, maybe one one day i'll finally write the novel that's been kicking around my brain. building my portfolio.
[ugh]
Ottawa, Canada

Selected work (18 publications)

Sad Goose Cooperative, 2024
i ask you to come with me into the sun and your silence is a resounding ‘no’you offer up a corner of your skin for me to gnaw on before you bury yourself in ambiguity again – less cat and mouse more bug in the woodchips, devouring unseen each of my resources –
poetry
Solarpunk Magazine, 2024
grown/programmed (or: biological computing unit)it lays its head on its legs and I can’t help but find it so human as its arms encircle its wooden knees, wires hum hues of green towards its feet and up into the metal shell of its carapace [...]
poetry
science fiction
solarpunk
The Bitchin’ Kitsch, 2024
when i come out as transgenderi will recover in bursts my mother will stand by my bedside as if i am an ill child home from school [...]
poetry
LGBTQIA+
League of Canadian Poets, 2023
memory-eaterinto the mouth of the spinning clock, yesterday's grace gone and eaten. [...]
visual poetry

Links

portfoliocomplete list of published works, design, photography, etc
merchsalem paige is a designer and poet selling tees and totes (and maybe more!)
substackessays and trains of thought from salem paige
TAKE MY BLEEDING HEARTa love story in the form of a poetry zine
websiteabout & interviews

Services

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web design servicesdesign for your website or digital publication
design
web design
html
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book design servicesinternal and external design for books, chapbooks, zines, or any other writing you hope to publish
design
book design
book cover design
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organization for writershelping you organize and keep track of your works and submissions
organization
assistant