Brandon Wint is an Ontario-born, Vancouver-based poet and filmmaker who gracefully weaves the threads of adversity and joy. For over a decade, he has been an acclaimed touring performer and has presented his work across the globe including in the United States, Australia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Jamaica. His poems and essays have been published in national anthologies, including The Great Black North: Contemporary African-Canadian Poetry, and Black Writers Matter. Divine Animal was his debut book of poetry.