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Canadian Poets Rocking Worlds

Spotlight Writer Rayanne Haines shares her list of Canadian poets with recent collections that take a critical look at the world we live in and the human condition. These poets are winning awards, landing on lists and generally asking us to stand up and take notice.

Edmonton Public Library

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  • Billy Ray is from Drift Pile Cree Nation. This is his first book and is an intimate and politically necessary collection. Winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize.
    Book, 2017Calgary, Alberta : Frontenac House Poetry, [2017] — 819.116 BEL
  • A book equally about life and loss. A paradox of the human condition.
    Book, 2017Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press, [2017] — 819.116 MAR
  • This important book looks at gender, sexuality, and violence.
    Book, 2017Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2017] — 819.116 THO
  • This collection is expansive and an all-encompassing narrative of contemporary blackness.
    Book, 2017Hamilton, Ontario : Buckrider Books, [2017] — 819.116 LUB
  • A dive into a fantastical world with strange creatures that examines the authors struggle with breast cancer.
    Book, 2017Hamilton, Ontario : Buckrider Books, [2017] — 819.116 GRA