Alice Major
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Alice Major is a Canadian poet, who was a founding member of Stroll of Poets and served as poet laureate of Edmonton, Alberta.[1]
Major emigrated from Scotland with her sister at the age of eight, and grew up in Toronto before working as a weekly newspaper reporter in central British Columbia. She has lived in Edmonton, Alberta since 1981. She has a BA (English, history) from Trinity College, University of Toronto, and works as a freelance writer specializing in utility issues.[2]
She is past president of the Writers Guild of Alberta, and the League of Canadian Poets.[3] She has published six collections of poetry.[2]
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[edit] Awards
- 2009 Pat Lowther Award
[edit] Works
- The Chinese Mirror. (Irwin Publishing, 1988) ISBN 077251707X
- Time Travels Light. (Rowan Books, 1992) ISBN 1895836018
- Lattice of the Years. Bayeux Arts Inc.. 1998. ISBN 1896209254. http://books.google.com/books?id=DKyy2AeJsV8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=alice+major&cd=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Tales for an Urban Sky. Broken Jaw Press. 1999. ISBN 1896647111. http://books.google.com/books?id=oLc2_auRlzYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=alice+major&cd=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Corona Radiata. (St. Thomas Press, 2000) ISBN 0968533930
- Some Bones and a Story. (Wolsak and Wynn, 2001) ISBN 0919897746
- No Monster (Victoria, Poppy Press, 2002) ISBN 9781894603034
- The Occupied World. University of Alberta Press. 2006. ISBN 9870888644695. http://books.google.com/books?id=bwGo-Dr0HMEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=alice+major&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- The Office Tower Tales (University of Alberta Press, 2008) ISBN 0888645023
[edit] Anthologies
- Vintage'97/98. (Quarry Press, 1998) ISBN 9781550822243
- Going it Alone: Plays by Women for Solo Performance. (Nuage Editions, 1997) ISBN 9780921833529
- What if...? Amazing stories, Monica Hughes Ed. (Tundra Books, 1998) ISBN 9780887764585
- Threshold: An Anthology of Contemporary Writing from Alberta. University of Alberta Press. 1999. ISBN 9780888643384. http://books.google.com/books?id=3XgcJch54X4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=threshold&lr=&cd=6#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Poetry and Spiritual Practice: Selections from Contemporary Canadian Poets (St. Thomas Press, 2002) ISBN 9780968533970
- Poetry as Liturgy (St. Thomas Press, 2007) ISBN 9780973591040
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.poetrymap.ca/profile.php?PoetID=2
- ^ a b "Alice Major : Biography", Canadian Poets Online, University of Toronto
- ^ "Alice Major", League of Canadian Poets
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