Search Location - Any -Canada Sort by RandomDate addedA -> ZZ -> A Apply Melinda Burns Melinda Burns is a status member of the Lower Mohawk First Nation. She is the daughter of a Mohawk mother and an English father. She grew up in… Lady Vanessa Cardona As the 2023 World Poetry Slam Champion, I have carved a niche in the global literary landscape, beginning with my victories as the 2021 Colombian and… Gillian Jerome Gillian Jerome is a poet, essayist and instructor of literature in the Department of English at UBC. She teaches Canadian and American poetries of… Robert Herrick Born in London, Robert Herrick (1591-1674) is best known for his poetry collection Hesperides, published in 1648. Herrick began an apprenticeship to… Matt Rader Matt Rader grew up in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island. He studied poetry at the University of Victoria with Patrick Lane, Lorna Crozier, and… Edgar Allan Poe After his parents, both actors, died when he was still a toddler, the Boston-born poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was raised as a foster… William Cowper Born in Berkhamsted, England, William Cowper (1731-1800) was a popular literary figure in his day, though he suffered from mental instability… Mark Strand Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Mark Strand was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, and though mostly raised in the United States, he lived in… T. S. Eliot Born in St. Louis, Missouri, the innovative Modernist poet T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) was awarded the Nobel Prize for a body of work that includes the… W. H. Drummond The Irish-born poet William Henry Drummond (1854-1907) emigrated to Canada when he was a boy, settling in Montreal. Drummond practiced medicine for… Eve Joseph Eve Joseph grew up on unceded Squamish territory (North Vancouver) and now lives in Victoria on the unceded territory of the Lekwungen people. For 20… Sina Queyras Born in Manitoba, Sina Queyras grew up on the road in western Canada. She’s written one novel, a book of essays, six books of poetry and edited… Load More Language English
