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Roo Borson
1952 -
works by
- Landfall (Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1977)
- Rain (Penumbra Press, 1980)
- In the Smokey Light of the Fields (Three Trees Press, 1980)
- A Sad Device (Quadrant Editions, 1981)
- The Whole Night, Coming Home (McClelland & Stewart, 1984)
- The Transparence of November/ Snow with Kim Maltman (Quarry Press, 1985)
- Intent, or, The Weight of the World (McClelland & Stewart,1989)
- Night Walk: selected poems (Oxford Univ. Press, 1994)
- Water Memory (McClelland & Stewart, 1996)
works on
- Anita Hurwitz, "It's Dry Between the Raindrops," Waves 10.3 (1982): 85-88
- Don McKay, "sunsets like an armful of dying flamingoes," Brick 15 (1982): 5-6
- David Manteom, "An Interview with Roo Borson," Rubicon 8 (1987): 52-85
awards
- Macmillan Poetry Prize (U.B.C.) (1977)
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Prize for Poetry (1982, 1989)
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Prize for Personal Essay (1991)
- Malahat Review Long Poem Prize, (in collaboration with Kim Maltman and Andy Patton, as Pain Not Bread) (1993)
resources
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Roo Borson
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bio, poems, works, and other info from the u of t canadian poetry site.
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Scream in High Park
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short bio on Roo.
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