Clint Burnham was born in Comox, British Columbia, which is on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks (Sahtloot) First Nation, centred historically on kwaniwsam. Recent books include White Lie (fiction, Anvil, 2021), The Goldberg Variations (poetry, New Star, 2023), and Mari Ruti and Climate Change (theory, Routledge, 2026). He teaches in the English Department at Simon Fraser University.