Liz Howard (writer)

Liz Howard is a Canadian writer.[1] Her debut poetry collection, Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent, was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2015 Governor General's Awards,[2] and winner of the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize.[3][4]

Liz Howard
Liz Howard at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2016
Howard at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2016

Originally from Northern Ontario, Howard is of Anishinaabe descent.[5] She studied cognitive neuroscience at the University of Toronto.[1]

Works
  • Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent. McClelland & Stewart. 2015. ISBN 9780771038365.
  • Letters in a Bruised Cosmos. McClelland & Stewart. 2021. ISBN 9780771037573.

See also

References
  1. "'Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent' by Liz Howard" Archived 2019-01-20 at the Wayback Machine. The Winnipeg Review, September 15, 2015.
  2. "Governor-General's Literary Awards announces finalists". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2015.
  3. "2016 Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist announced". CBC Books, April 11, 2016.
  4. "The Quotations of Bone by Norman Dubie and Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent by Liz Howard Win the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize". Griffin Poetry Prize, June 2, 2016.
  5. "Two debut poetry collections mix technical language with themes of identity, selfhood and race". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 2015.


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