Karen Enns is a

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poet based in

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. She is most noted for her 2017 collection ''Cloud Physics'', which won the

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for poetry in 2018. Enns published her debut poetry collection ''That Other Beauty'' in 2010, and was shortlisted for the

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in 2011. Her second collection, ''Ordinary Hours'', followed in 2014."Derksen iffy; Enns shines quietly; The Vestiges needs fact checker; Ordinary Hours offers spare grace". ''

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'', October 18, 2014.

Works

*''That Other Beauty'' (2010) *''Ordinary Hours'' (2014) *''Cloud Physics'' (2017)

References

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