Brandi Bird
Brandi Bird is a Saulteaux, Cree and Métis poet from Canada, most noted for their 2023 collection The All + Flesh.[1] The book was the winner of the 2024 Indigenous Voices Award for English poetry,[2] and was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award and the Raymond Souster Award by the League of Canadian Poets,[3] and the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2024 Governor General's Awards.[4]
The All + Flesh was Bird's first full-length book,[1] although they have previously published chapbooks and had work released in literary magazines. They received several prior Indigenous Voices nominations for both published and unpublished poetry, including for Two Poems in 2018,[5] I Am Still Too Much in 2020,[6] Ode to Diabetes in 2021,[7] and A Dawn in 2022.[8]
Originally from Treaty 1 territory in Manitoba, Bird is currently[until when?] a student at the University of British Columbia.[1] They identify as indigiqueer.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "The All + Flesh by Brandi Bird". CBC Books, August 16, 2023.
- ^ "Alicia Elliott and Brandi Bird among winners of 2024 Indigenous Voices Awards". CBC Books, June 21, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Shortlists announced for 2024 LCP Book Awards". Quill & Quire, April 17, 2024.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Canisia Lubrin, Danny Ramadan among 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award finalists". Quill & Quire, October 8, 2024.
- ^ Jane van Koeverden, "Indigenous Voices Awards, which recognize emerging Indigenous writers, reveal 2018 finalists". CBC Books, May 22, 2018.
- ^ "Jesse Thistle & Helen Knott among finalists for $30K Indigenous Voices Awards". CBC Books, May 14, 2020.
- ^ Vicky Qiao, "Michelle Good, Bevann Fox and jaye simpson among finalists for 2021 Indigenous Voices Awards". CBC Books, May 7, 2021.
- ^ "Selina Boan, Tenille K. Campbell and Brian Thomas Isaac among finalists for the 2022 Indigenous Voices Awards". CBC Books, May 6, 2022.
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