Kristjana Gunnars:
Books and journal publications since 2016
The Scent of Light is a collection of five novellas published between 1998 and 2008 by Red Deer Press, here in a new edition together published in 2022 by Coach House Press, Toronto. Edited and introduced by Kazim Ali.
Cover shows detail from Gunnars’ painting “soft bouquet.”
Ruins of the Heart is a collection of six longpoems, published by Angelico Press, New York in 2022.
Cover shows detail from Gunnars’ painting “the slow passage of sun.”
112th Street Notebook is a chapbook of a cycle of poems, published by Akinoga Press, Baltimore, in 2022.
Cover shows detail from Gunnars’ water-colour painting “
At Home in the Mountains is a chapbook of twenty poems, published by Junction Press, Toronto, in 2019.
snake charmers: a cycle of twenty poems is a paperbound chapbook published by above/ground press, Ottawa, in 2026.
The cover bears an image of one of Gunnars’ asemic characters.
For books and publications by Kristjana Gunnars prior to 2015, see the website kristjanagunnarswritings.com. There you will find a detailed list of publications as well as academic work and theses on Gunnars’ writings. This site is used by scholars to help navigate the labyrinths of the internet and brings most of the information together in one place. Similar publications after 2015 will be added to this site over time.