Jordan Scott (poet)

Jordan Scott is a Canadian poet, who won the Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize in 2018.[1]

Scott's first book of poetry, Silt, was published in 2005, and was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2006.[2] He followed up in 2008 with Blert, a collection of poetry inspired by his lifelong struggle with stuttering.[3]

In 2013, Scott and Stephen Collis collaborated on Decomp, a book which combined prose poetry with photography.[4] In 2015 he was granted access to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, spending five days exploring the facility and publishing the multimedia work Clearance Process in 2016 to document his visit.[5]

Works
  • Silt (2005)
  • Blert (2008)
  • Decomp (2013)
  • Clearance Process (2016)
  • Night & Ox (2017)

References
  1. "Books inspired by the authors’ parents win the top Writers’ Trust Awards". Toronto Star, November 7, 2018.
  2. "Smaller publishers land on BC Book Prizes shortlist". Vancouver Sun, March 18, 2006.
  3. "Stuttering steps into spotlight". Edmonton Journal, April 26, 2008.
  4. "Poets on board". Prince George Citizen, November 22, 2013.
  5. "SFU writer–in–residence Jordan Scott reflects on Guantanamo Bay". Simon Fraser University, May 20, 2016.


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