Cassandra Myers (My’z) who uses the pronouns they/she/he describes themself in their website thus: I am queer, South-Asian-Italian, non-binary, mad, crippled, survivor working at the intersection of arts, therapeutics, aesthetics, and world-building. Their poetry and spoken word performances have won awards. Myers was named one of the 2026 Writers’ Trust Awards Rising Stars. Myers is completing a MSW degree at York University. They are a registered social worker in addition to being a poet, performer, dancer, illustrator and arts educator. They live in Tkaronto (Toronto, Ont.)
Poetry (Artist book)
They’re Pushing the Pearls From Their Clams and I Can’t Stop Wishing: Poems
Regina: Jack Pine Press, 2025.
Bound inside of scallop shells. Limited edition (75 copies?).
Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)
[This] is a poetry book about chronic pain and it’s spiralling mathematics, South Asian mermaids, and sea-shanty songs from a crippled sailor. Jaw surgery mock ups, shell-growth graphs, and dermatome charts mark the oscillating path of exile to exaltation that is a disabled life.