Barry Dempster is twice nominated for the Governor General’s Award, author of sixteen poetry collections, two novels, and three previous books of stories. His poetry collection The Burning Alphabet won the Canadian Author’s Association Award for Poetry. In 2014 he was shortlisted for the Trillium Award for his novel, The Outside World.
His poem “Your Poisoned Life” can be read on our website at http://canlit.ca/article/your-poisoned-life/.
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