Sharon Thesen. Courtesy Gibsons Live Poets.
Sharon Thesen (born October 1, 1946) is a Canadian poet, editor, and anthologist.[1]
Life[]
Thesen was born in Tisdale, Saskatchewan. Her family moved to British Columbia in 1952.[1].
She earned a B.A. and an M.A. from Simon Fraser University. She then taught at Capilano College, and edited the Capilano Review.[2]
Thesen lives in Lake Country, British Columbia. She teaches at the University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBC-O).
In 2003, Thesen was a judge for the Griffin Poetry Prize.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Artemis Hates Romance. Toronto: Coach House, 1980.
- Radio New France Radio. Vancouver: Slug Press, 1981.
- Sheet Music. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, 1982.
- Holding the Pose. Toronto: Coach House, 1983.
- Confabulations: Poems for Malcolm Lowry. Lantzville, BC: Oolichan Books, 1984.
- The Beginning of the Long Dash. Toronto: Coach House, 1987.
- Le Dragon (1943). Madeira Park, BC: High Ground Press, 1988.
- The Pangs of Sunday: Poems. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990.
- Aurora. Toronto: Coach House, 1995.
- News and Smoke: Selected poems. Burnaby, BC: Talonbooks, 1999.
- A Pair of Scissors: Poems. Toronto: Anansi, 2000.
- Weeping Willow. Vancouver: Nomados, 2005.
- The Good Bacteria. Toronto: Anansi, 2006.
- Oyama Pink Shale. Toronto: Anansi, 2011.
Edited[]
- Phyllis Webb, The Vision Tree: Selected poems. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1982.
- The New Long Poem Anthology. Toronto: Coach House, 1991.
- Charles Olson and Frances Bolderoff: A modern correspondence. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1999.
- The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology: A selection of the 2003 shortlist. Toronto: Anansi, 2003.
- After Completion: The later letters of Charles Olson and Frances Boldereff. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2014.
Cascadia Poetry Festival Reading Sharon Thesen
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[3]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Barbour, "Sharon Thesen", Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton, AB: Hurtig), 2149, Print.
- ↑ Sharon Thesen, Canadian Women Poets, Brock University, BrockU.ca, Web, June 25, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = au:Sharon Thesen, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Mar. 21, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Poem in Memory of an Earlier Poem"
- Sharon Thesen at PoemHunter ("Jigsaw: Second Narrows Bridge at Rush Hour")
- "Mean Drunk Poem"
- Audio / video
- Books
- Sharon Thesen at Amazon.com
- Sharon Thesen at Canadian Women Poets
- About
- Sharon Thesen in the Canadian Encyclopedia
- Interview with Sharon Thesen, Capilano Review, 2008
- Interview with Sharon Thesen, Canthius, 2018
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