Girthgirl is Tara McGowan-Ross.

Tara McGowan-Ross is an urban Mi'kmaq multidisciplinary artist and writer. She is the host of Drawn & Quarterly's Indigenous Literatures book club, and a critic of independent and experimental theatre for Broadwayworld. Her poetry has been published in Best Canadian Poetry, and the collections Girth and Scorpion Season. Her debut book-length collection of nonfiction, Nothing Will be Different, was a finalist for the 2022 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Award for Nonfiction — the largest nonfiction award in Canada.

Tara lives, works, and parties in Montreal. She loves to travel, and is probably available to perform or lecture or be on a panel at that thing you’re planning. Invite her via the “contact” section of this website.