Clint Burnham (born 1962 in
Comox,
British Columbia
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) is a
Canadian
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writer and academic.
He published the poetry collections ''Be Labour Reading'' (1997) and ''Buddyland'' (2000), and the short story collection ''Airborne Photo'' (1999), before publishing his debut novel ''Smoke Show'' in 2005. The novel was a shortlisted finalist for the
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2006.
He was a
ReLit Award nominee in the poetry category in 2018 for ''Pound @ Guantanamo'' (2017), and in the short fiction category in 2022 for ''White Lie'' (2021).
"Short fiction from Norma Dunning, David Huebert, Alix Ohlin among works shortlisted for 2022 ReLit Awards"
CBC Books
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, May 9, 2022.
He has also published the poetry collections ''Rental Van'' (2007) and ''The Benjamin Sonnets'' (2009), and numerous academic non-fiction works on literature, art and architecture. He is a professor of English at Simon Fraser University
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.
His poems "Rent-a-Marxist" and "An Evening at Home" were anthologized in ''Seminal: The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poets'' (2007).
References
1962 births
Living people
20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers
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21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
21st-century Canadian novelists
21st-century Canadian poets
21st-century Canadian short story writers
21st-century Canadian male writers
Canadian male novelists
Canadian male poets
Canadian male short story writers
Canadian male non-fiction writers
People from Comox, British Columbia
Academic staff of Simon Fraser University
Writers from Vancouver
Canadian LGBT poets
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Canadian gay writers
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21st-century Canadian LGBT people
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