né in the way out west, kaie kellough has been based in montréal since ‘98. he is a bilingual author, editor, educator, & general word-sound systemizer. his bop-inflected vox & text syncopate canada’s solitudes. kaie has dubbed & inked his way from c to c, b.c. to q.c., n.s. to the u.s.

kaie’s latest book is maple leaf rag (poetry, arbeiter ring publishing, april ‘10). he is the author of lettricity (cumulus press, ‘04) & co-editor of the talking book anthology (cumulus press, ‘06). he was writer in residence for the ‘05 toronto int’l dub poetry fest. kaie & his work have been featured on cbc radio, zed tv, & bravo tv. in ’08 he was the subject of a short national film board doc titled ebon flow.

kaie has conducted language & sound workshops x-cross canada. he is set to record a suite of the poems in maple leaf rag with instrumental accompaniment in ’10. the recordings, titled vox versus, will be available on this website.