Richard Stevenson (poet)

Richard Stevenson
Born 1952 (age 65–66)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Residence Lethbridge, Alberta
Nationality Canadian
Education
Occupation college teacher, poet
Employer Lethbridge College

Richard Stevenson (born 1952) is a Canadian college English teacher and poet.[1] Stevenson teaches English at Lethbridge College in Lethbridge, Alberta and has taught in Western Canada and Nigeria.[2] Stevenson has degrees in English and Creative Writing from The University of Victoria and University of British Columbia.[3] Stevenson is also a musician with the young adult group Sasquatch and the jazz/poetry ensemble Naked Ear.[3]

Works

  • Drving Offensively – 1985
  • Suiting Up – Third Eye Press 1986
  • Whatever it is Plants Dream... – 1990
  • Learning to Breathe – 1992
  • From the Mouths of Angels – 1993
  • Why Were All the Angels Men – 1994
  • Wiser Pills HMS Press Books on Disk 1996
  • A Murder of Crows: New & Selected Poems (Black Moss Press, 1998)
  • Nothing Definite Yeti (Ekstasis Editions, 1999)
  • Live-Evil: A Homage To Miles Davis (Thistledown Press, 2000)
  • Hot Flashes: Maiduguri Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka (Ekstasis Editions, 2001)
  • Take Me To Your Leader! (Bayeux Arts. Inc., 2003)
  • A Charm of Finches (Ekstasis Editions, 2004)
  • Parrot With Tourette’s (Black Moss Press, Palm Poets Series, 2004)
  • Alex Anklebone & Andy The Dog (picture book, Bayeux Arts Inc., 2005)
  • Flicker at the Fascia (Serengeti Press, 2005)
  • Tempus Fugit (Laurel Reed Books, 2005)
  • Riding on a Magpie Riff (memoir, Black Moss press, 2006)
  • Tidings of Magpies: Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka (Spotted Cow Press, 2006)
  • Wiser Pills (revised edition, Frontenac House, 2008)
  • The Emerald Hour (Ekstasis Editions, 2008)

Source: University of Toronto Libraries: Canadian Poetry Online[1]

Awards

  • Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry – From The Mouths of Angels[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Canadian Poetry Online: University of Toronto Libraries: Richard Stevenson". University of Toronto Libraries: Canadian Poetry Online. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Richard Stevenson". Thistledown Press. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Profile: Richard Stevenson". The University of British Columbia. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Hot Flashes: Maiduguri Haiku. Ekstatis Editions. p. back cover. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  • "Poet Richard Stevenson". ArtsQuest. Retrieved 12 May 2016.


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