Recent highlights include opening for the mighty Joy Harjo, then hosting a roots jam with her and intrepid local poets; working with jazz pianist Joshua Jackson on a couple of gigs, the Roots Jam night and an 'artistic response' to the TRC; guesting at bilingual French/English night, debuting a homage to Lucille Starr's The French Song; presenting a suite of song and spoken word old and new, a tribute to cows and boys, at Edmonton Poetry Fest. AMS is the author of Fifth World Drum (Frontenac House, 2009), and instigator of various multi-disciplinary escapades, including last year's big production, A Poetry Map of Canada, featuring 15 Poets Laureate, 3 actors, jazz-tinged soundscapes, and an astonishing lack of choreography.