| The Unpublished City: Volume II Volume 2 Contributor(s): Brand, Dionne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1771664630 ISBN-13: 9781771664639 Publisher: Book*hug Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Canadian |
| Series: Unpublished City |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.20 lbs) 72 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Curated by Dionne Brand, this anthology features the work of 18 emerging Toronto talents writing about their city: Diana Biacora David Bradford Nicole Chin Simone Dalton Dalton Derkson Doyali Islam Laboni Islam Ian Kamau Adnan Khan Shoilee Khan Canisia Lubrin Sofia Mostaghimi Nadia Ragbar Rudrapriya Rathore Sanchari Sur Katheryn Wabegijig Phoebe Wang Chuqiao Yang |
Contributor Bio(s): Wang, Phoebe: - Phoebe Wang was born in Ottawa and currently lives in Toronto, where she writes and teaches. She holds a BA in English from York University and a MA in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto. She is the author of two chapbooks, Occasional Emergencies (2013) and Hanging Exhibits (2016), and was the 2015 winner of Prism international's Poetry Contest. Admission Requirements is her debut collection of poetry.Lubrin, Canisia: - Canisia Lubrin was born in St. Lucia. She has had work published in literary journals including Room, The Puritan, This Magazine, Arc, CV2 and The City Series #3: Toronto Anthology. She has been an arts administrator and community advocate for close to two decades. Lubrin has contributed to the podcast On The Line, hosted by Kate Sutherland for The Rusty Toque. She studied at York University where she won the President's Prize in poetry and the Sylvia Ellen Hirsch Memorial Award in creative writing. Lubrin holds an MFA from the University of Guelph and teaches at Humber College. She lives in Whitby, Ontario.Brand, Dionne: - Dionne Brand's literary credentials are legion. Her most recent book of poetry, Ossuaries, won the Griffin Poetry Prize; her nine others include winners of the Governor General's Literary Award, the Trillium Book Award and the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. Her novel In Another Place, Not Here was selected as a NYT Book Review Notable Book and a Best Book by the Globe and Mail; At the Full and Change of the Moon was selected a Best Book by the LA Times and What We All Long For won the Toronto Book Award. In 2006, Brand was awarded the Harbourfront Festival Prize for her contribution to the world of books and writing, and was Toronto's Poet Laureate from 2009 to 2012. In 2017, she was named to the Order of Canada. Brand is a Professor in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph. She lives in Toronto. |