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Danielle LaFrance is a poet and information de-professional. Their commitments are anchored to liberation, resistance, and pleasure.

LaFrance is the author of JUST LIKE I LIKE IT (Talonbooks, 2019), ​Friendly + Fire (Talonbooks, 2016), species branding (Capilano University Editions, 2010), and #postdildo (Talonbooks, 2022).

Their forthcoming book Verbal Violence is out Spring 2026, also with Talonbooks.

Other poetry and critical writing have appeared in such magazines and journals as ASAP/Journal, The Capilano Review, LESTE, Tripwire, and Organism for Poetic Research.

They ​collaborated on a ​feminist material​ist co-reading and journal making endeavour About a Bicycle (with Anahita Jamali Rad) and currently on a never-ending intertextual sound project Yes, Sydo (with Josh Rose).​ ​

They reside on ​occupied xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔ lands​.