Karen Mac Cormack was born in Luanshya, Zambia, in 1956. Her previous books include Straw Cupid (1987), Quirks & Quillets (1991), Marine Snow (1995), The Tongue Moves Talk (1997) and, with Alan Halsey, the related ‘newspaper’ collaboration FIT TO PRINT (Coach House Books, 1998). AT ISSUE, a critical investigation of the format and contents of the ‘magazine’, is her tenth publication. She lives in Toronto.
