Search Location - Any -Canada Sort by RandomDate addedA -> ZZ -> A Apply Layli Long Soldier Layli Long Soldier earned a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts and an MFA with honors from Bard College. She is the author of the… Di Brandt Di Brandt grew up in Reinland, a Mennonite farming village in southern Manitoba near Winkler. Her first volume of… Harry Baker Harry Baker is a British spoken word artist, author and poet, known for his heart, humour and blistering wordplay. Baker became the youngest ever… Joy Harjo Joy Harjo is an internationally known performer and writer of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation, the author of ten books of poetry and, most recently, a… Jenny Haysom Jenny Haysom was born in England and raised in Nova Scotia. She has a Master’s degree in English Literature from the University of Ottawa, and has… Fiona Tinwei Lam Fiona Tinwei Lam has published three collections of poetry and a children’s book. Her poems have been featured in Best Canadian Poetry, in the… Honey Novick Honey Novick was born on Yorkville Avenue in Toronto, her home base. She is a singer/songwriter/voice teacher as well as a poet. She directs… Joy Kogawa Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, poet and novelist Joy Kogawa was sent with her family to an internment camp for Japanese-Canadians during World… Grace Nichols Nichols was born in Guyana in 1950, and moved to live in the UK in 1977. Her work is influenced by the history and culture of her homeland, in… Leigh Hunt A controversial figure in his time, the English poet Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) spent two years in prison for attacking the Prince Regent in print in… Edgar Albert Guest Born in England, Edgar Albert Guest emigrated to the United States when he was ten and moved to Detroit. A popular poet and journalist, Guest wrote… Walt Whitman A passionate believer in the ideals of democracy, Walt Whitman first published his life’s great work, the American epic Leaves of Grass, in 1855, at… Load More Language English
