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1987-1991 (Creation)
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- Skarstedt, Sonja
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71 cm of textual records and other material
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Sonja Skarstedt (1960-2009) was born on October 2, 1960 in Montreal, Quebec. She graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from McGill University. Skarstedt was the founder, publisher, and editor of the literary review Zymergy (1987 to 1991). This bi-annual periodical was the recipient of many Canada Council grants. As the creator she was involved in all aspects of the printing process, from editing the content, layout and design, typesetting and paste-ups, and promotion. She has published book reviews pseudonymously for Zymergy and The Montreal Gazette. In 1990 she founded Empyreal Press a small Canadian publishing company focused on poetry and short fiction. She was also a writer for the comic book Lincoln-16 with her husband Geoff Isherwood as the illustrator. Along with her written material Sonja also worked as a freelance editor and graphics illustrator. Her poetry was published in a variety of publications, including Scrivener (1981), The Antigonish Review (1983), Rolling Stone (1986), Poetry Canada Review (1986), and Canadian Literature (1991). Some of her illustrations were also featured in such publications as Poetry Canada Review (1989), and a portrait of Phyllis Webb on the cover of West Coast Line (1991). Additionally she published four books: Mythographies (1990), A Demolition Symphony (1995), Beautiful Chaos (2000), Saint Francis of Esplanade (2001), In the House of the Sun (2005). In 2007, she created the Skarwood Channel on the internet social media site, YouTube, featuring a series of short video productions. She died in 2009 after succumbing to cancer.
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Sous-fonds consists of Zymergy was formed in 1987 by Sonja Skarstedt and ran until 1991. This bi-annual periodical was the recipient of many Canada Council grants. As the creator, publisher, and editor, Skarstedt was involved in all aspects of the printing process, from editing the content, layout and design to typesetting, paste-ups, and promotion. Skarstedt also interviewed many prominent Canadian authors for Zymergy and contributed book reviews and poetry.This sous-fond consists of four series: photographs, administration, Operational Records Series and Miscellaneous Series. The material found ranges from correspondence with organizations and writers to photographs that appeared in Zymergy. Skarstedt conducted many interviews for Zymergy and other publications, some of these are included in the Operational Records series along with her editorials and reviews. There are also 2 stamps with the Zymergy logo and address that were used for documents.
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Some materials contained in the sous-fonds are in French.