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What the Living Won’t Let Go (M&S)
This is a wonderful delight, honour and surprise,"; said Lorna Crozier, winner of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for What the Living Won't Let Go (M&S). "I've always wanted to kiss John Gray on the mouth!";
After fulfilling her osculatory ambition at the 16th annual B.C. Book Prizes gala, Crozier recalled arriving from Saskatoon nine years ago and noticing how often she was described as a prairie poet. "Margaret Atwood is never called an Ontario poet,"; she said.
"When I moved here from Saskatchewan, I came with a big chip on my shoulder because whenever anybody in Victoria would say, 'Where are you from?' and I would say 'Saskatoon', they'd say, 'Aren't you lucky to be here.'";
Linda Watson of the B.C. Teachers' Federation presented the award. Noting the presence of bill bissett and the absence of Al Purdy, Crozier emphasized the importance of community in the B.C. literary scene.
[BCBW SUMMER 2000]
After fulfilling her osculatory ambition at the 16th annual B.C. Book Prizes gala, Crozier recalled arriving from Saskatoon nine years ago and noticing how often she was described as a prairie poet. "Margaret Atwood is never called an Ontario poet,"; she said.
"When I moved here from Saskatchewan, I came with a big chip on my shoulder because whenever anybody in Victoria would say, 'Where are you from?' and I would say 'Saskatoon', they'd say, 'Aren't you lucky to be here.'";
Linda Watson of the B.C. Teachers' Federation presented the award. Noting the presence of bill bissett and the absence of Al Purdy, Crozier emphasized the importance of community in the B.C. literary scene.
[BCBW SUMMER 2000]
Submitted on July 11, 2003 in By David.
