Shane Book

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Shane Book is a Canadian poet.[1] He was a shortlisted nominee for the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize for his second collection, Congotronic.[2]

Of Trinidadian descent,[1] Book is based in Ottawa.[3] His first poetry collection, Ceiling of Sticks, was published in 2010, and he was a finalist for the CBC Literary Awards in 2011 for "Almost Spain".[3] He obtained his M.F.A. at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.

Bibliography

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  • Ceiling of Sticks. University of Nebraska Press, 2010. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Congotronic. University of Iowa Press, 2014. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • All Black Everything. University of Iowa Press, 2023. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

References

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  1. ^ a b "For an emerging poet like Shane Book, winning the Griffin Prize would be a life-changing event". The Globe and Mail, June 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "Fresh voices vie for rich poetry award". The Globe and Mail, April 8, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Nepean poet to vie for CBC Literary Award". Ottawa Citizen, March 2, 2011.
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