The Polyglot is proud to publish Haitian-Canadian poet Medgine Mathurin's debut chapbook.

To order the digital chapbook for $10 CAD, scroll down to the bottom of this page.

To order a physical copy for $12 CAD (plus shipping to anywhere in the world), please click here.

“Medgine Mathurin is a poet who is unafraid to lay her heart bare on the page. Waiting in the Land of the Living pulses with vulnerability, grace and power. Each poem lifts off the page and travels across language, culture, and geography to tell a story of survival, unrelenting faith, and a body held tenderly in the healing light of love.”

—Titilope Sonuga, Edmonton's 9th Poet Laureate

Medgine Mathurin is a Haitian-born spoken word artist and patient advocate raised in Calgary and currently based in Edmonton. For Medgine, the love of language and the alchemy of words are second nature. Her multilingual upbringing (French, Haitian Creole, English) not only prompted her to begin experimenting with the potential and magic of language, but also naturally compelled her into a deep love of poetry. Her work has been featured on CBC, Global TV, SkirtsAfire Festival, and the Edmonton Poetry Festival. She was selected as a participant in the 2022 Mentorship Program with the Writers' Guild of Alberta and recently completed her role as mentor with the 2022 Horizons Writers Circle Program, a writing mentorship program for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC), ESL, and underrepresented writers living in Edmonton. To discover more of Medgine's work, visit www.medgine.ca and connect with her on Instagram @medginespeaks.

Revenue generated from this chapbook will go towards supporting our poet and funding more chapbooks in the future. So, why not purchase a digital and physical copy of the chapbook?

Cover design by Medgine Mathurin

Production of this chapbook was supported by the Edmonton Arts Council