Wayde Compton
Wayde Compton (born 1972) is a Canadian writer. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Compton has published books of poetry, essays, and fiction, and he edited the first comprehensive anthology of black writing from British Columbia. He co-founded Commodore Books with David Chariandy and Karina Vernon in 2006, the first black-oriented press in Western Canada. He also co-founded the Hogan's Alley Memorial Project in 2002, a grassroots organization that promotes the history of Vancouver's black community. Compton teaches in the faculty of Creative Writing at Douglas College.
In 1996 he penned the semi-autobiographical poem "Declaration of the Halfrican Nation".[1][2]
Bibliography
Anthologies
- Bluesprint: Black British Columbian Literature and Orature (2001)
- The Revolving City: 51 Poems and the Stories Behind Them (with Renee Sarojini Saklikar) (2015)
Fiction
- The Outer Harbour: Stories (2014)
Graphic Fiction
- The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration (illustrated by April dela Noche Milne) (2019)
Non-Fiction
- After Canaan: Essays on Race, Writing, and Region (2010)
Poetry
- 49th Parallel Psalm (1999)
- Performance Bond (2004)
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- Canadian male non-fiction writers