Mercedes Eng

Mercedes Eng is a Canadian writer, poet and educator based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her poetry books are Mercenary English (2013), yt mama (2020), and Prison Industrial Complex Explodes (2017). Eng's poetic work considers themes such as race relations and socioeconomics. In 2018 she won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize.

Early life and education
Eng was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta. She is of mixed (white- and Chinese-Canadian) heritage, which she explores in her 2020 book my yt mama among other works.

Publications

 * February 2010 (2010) - Chapbook
 * knuckle sandwich (2011) - Chapbook
 * Mercenary English (2013, reissued in 2016 and 2018) - Book
 * Prison Industrial Complex Explodes (2017) - Book
 * my yt mama (2020) - Book