Irene Marques teaches African and Caribbean literature, comparative literature, and English literature at the Ontario College of Art and Design. Her publications include the edited volume The Works of Chin Ce (2007), and articles in journals such as African Identities, Research in African Literatures, and CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture. She has also published two works of fiction, Wearing Glasses of Water, a collection of poetry (2007), and Habitando na Metáfora do Tempo Habitando na metáfora do tempo. Crónicas desejadas (2009).