Magie Dominic (born 1944) is a Canadian poet, author, and artist who was born in

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. Her first memoir, ''The Queen of Peace Room'', from

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was shortlisted for the Canadian Women's Studies Award, ForeWord magazine's Book of the Year Award, and the

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. Occurring over a week-long retreat at an isolated retreat house, ''The Queen of Peace Room'' is an exploration of memory and of violence against women and children. A second memoir, ''Street Angel'', received the Silver Medal from Independent Publishers Awards and was short listed for Book of the Year/memoir by Foreword Magazine. ''Street Angel'' is set in

in the 1950s, but ranges over a 70-year period involving the same protagonist and her family.

Life

After growing up in Newfoundland, Magie Dominic moved to the United States, where she studied at

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, and Open Theatre. She was involved in the Off-Off-Broadway theatre movement in

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at Joe Cino's

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, where she performed and directed. She curated ''Caffe Cino - History of Off-Off Broadway'' at Lincoln Centre in 1985. She donated papers, photographs and Caffé Cino memorabilia to the Library for the Performing Arts at

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in 2011, establishing The Magie Dominic Caffé Cino Archives. Dominic was also involved with

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club (La MaMa E.T.C.) is an Off-Off-Broadway theatre founded in 1961 by Ellen Stewart, African-American theatre director, producer, and fashion designer. Located in Manhattan's East Village, the theatre began in the ...

during the late 1960s, performing in and stage managing multiple productions. Performance credits include Saul Paul Sirag's ''There's The Wrong Number Of Teeth'' (1966),

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Jr.'s ''God Bless Us, Everyone'' (1967), and a

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directed production of ''Changes'' (1968). She stage managed plays such as

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's ''Miss Nefertiti Regrets'' (1966), as well as directed lighting and performed other technical work for various productions. Dominic also had a solo exhibition at La MaMa Galleria, December 10–20, 1998, titled "Stations of the Cross/Female Face of Christ".

Other works

Dominic is a past contributor to ''

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'', ''

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'', and commondreams.org. Her work has been featured in numerous anthologies, including ''Outrage'' (1994), ''Belles Lettres/Beautiful Letters'' (1994), ''Pushing the Limits'' (1996), and ''Countering the Myths'' (1996).

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