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Cassandra Blanchard is a Canadian poet.[1] Her debut collection, Fresh Pack of Smokes, was the 2020 winner of the ReLit Award for poetry.[2]

A member of the Selkirk First Nation originally from Whitehorse, Yukon,[1] she is currently based in Duncan, British Columbia, following a number of years living in Vancouver.[3] Fresh Pack of Smokes is written as prose poetry, forming what has been described as a poetic memoir of her past experiences with drug addiction, sex work and coming out as queer.[4]

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