Richard Stevenson (poet)

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]

Richard Stevenson
Born1952 (age 67–68)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Education
Occupationcollege teacher, poet
EmployerLethbridge College

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. "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. "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.


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