Threading Light Explorations in Loss and Poetry Lorri Neilsen Glenn in Threading Light Explorations in Loss and Poetry offers a compelling and poetic work This collection of linked prose explores Neilsen Glenn s journey into poetry and deepening un
Lorri Neilsen Glenn in Threading Light Explorations in Loss and Poetry offers a compelling and poetic work This collection of linked prose explores Neilsen Glenn s journey into poetry and deepening understanding of poetry as a model of secular compunction that serves as a form of prayer Here are personal essays about loss from childhood through to adulthood as well as eLorri Neilsen Glenn in Threading Light Explorations in Loss and Poetry offers a compelling and poetic work This collection of linked prose explores Neilsen Glenn s journey into poetry and deepening understanding of poetry as a model of secular compunction that serves as a form of prayer Here are personal essays about loss from childhood through to adulthood as well as essays about Neilsen Glenn s initiation into the practice of poetry that was both timely and necessary Neilsen Glenn is the author of four books of poetry and her non fiction has been shortlisted and won awards in contests sponsored by Prairie Fire, Event, as well as the National Magazine Awards She has been the Poet Laureate of Halifax.
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Lorri Neilsen Glenn
Born and raised in Winnipeg, MB, Lorri Neilsen Glenn has lived in Halifax, NS since 1983 In addition to her work as a poet, Glenn is also an ethnographer and essayist Glenn has studied at the Universities of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Harvard Her first collection of poetry, all the perfect disguises Broken Jaw Press , was published in 2003 2007 saw the publication of both a chapbook, Saved String Rubicon Press , and a second collection, Combustion Brick Books In 2010, Glenn published her third full collection, Lost Gospels, also through Brick Books In 2011, Hagios Press published Threading the Light Explorations in Loss and Poetry Most recently, Glenn was the editor for Untyping the Apron Daughters Remember Mothers of the 1950s 2013, Guernica.Glenn has won or been shortlisted for numerous awards for her poetry throughout her career, including the National Magazine Awards, Short Grain Contest, CBC Literary Awards, and the Bliss Carman Poetry Awards She has also received recognition for her scholarship, having won awards in Grain, Event Magazine, and Prairie Fire From 2005 2009, Glenn served as poet laureate for the Regional Municipality of Halifax She currently teaches at Mount Saint Vincent University.