Kayla Czaga (born 1989) is a

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poet, who won the

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in 2015 for her debut collection ''For Your Safety Please Hold On''. The book was also a shortlisted nominee for the

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and the

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's Emerging Writer Award. Czaga graduated from the

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in 2011 with a degree in English and creative writing before pursuing an MFA at the

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."MFA graduate finds inspiration in the oddest of places: the bus"
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'', October 19, 2014. Her poetry has also been published in ''The Puritan'', ''

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''. Her newest poetry book, ''Dunk Tank'', was published in 2019."20 works of Canadian poetry to check out in spring 2019"

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, January 25, 2019.

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