Tara McGowan-Ross is an urban Mi’kmaq multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of the poetry collections GIRTH and SCORPION SEASON (both INSOMNIAC PRESS), the host of Montreal's INDIGENOUS LITERATURES BOOK CLUB with Drawn & Quarterly, and a freelance editor and critic. Her debut book-length nonfiction, NOTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT, was published by RARE MACHINES in October of 2021.