ELEE KRALJII GARDINER is the author of the poetry collections Trauma Head, serpentine loop, and Sometimes, Forest(forthcoming in 2026) as well as the anthologies Against Death: 35 Essays on Living and V6A: Writing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. A frequent collaborator with choreographers, sound and visual artists, Elee directs Vancouver Manuscript Intensive. She is the poet laureate of Vancouver.
