Alison Calder has published widely on Canadian prairie literature and culture, including critical editions of "Settlers of the Marsh" and "Over Prairie Trails" by Frederick Philip Grove, and "Desire Never Leaves: The Poetry of Tim Lilburn". Her poetry collections are "Wolf Tree" and "In the Tiger Park", and with Jeanette Lynes she is the co-author of "Ghost Works: Improvisations in Letters and Poems". She teaches Canadian literature and creative writing at the University of Manitoba.