Richard Lemm (born 1946) is a poet and professor based in

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is an island Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. While it is the smallest province by land area and population, it is the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", ...

. He was born in Seattle, immigrated to Canada in 1967, and moved to Atlantic Canada in 1979. He has an MA in English from Queen's University and a PhD from

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia, Bible Hill, and a second medical school campus ...

."Spotlight on Richard Lemm". Nov. 8. ''The Guardian''. November 7, 2018. https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-guardian-charlottetown/20181107/282102047686444 Richard has been teaching Canadian and Postcolonial literatures and Creative Writing at

University of Prince Edward Island The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is a public university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the only university in the province. Founded in 1969, the enabling legislation is the ''University Act, R.S.P.E.I 2000.'' H ...

since 1986.

Publications

Poetry

*''Jeopardy: Poems''. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn, 2018. *''The Gold Flash''. North Vancouver, BC: Alfred Gustav Press, 2011. *''Burning House''. Hamilton, ON: Wolsak and Wynn, 2010. *''Four Ways of Dealing with Bullies''. Toronto, ON: Wolsak and Wynn, 2000. *''Prelude to the Bacchanal''. Charlottetown, PEI: Ragweed Press, 1990. *''A Difficult Faith''. Porters Lake, NS: Pottersfield Press, 1985. *''Dancing in Asylum''. Porters Lake, NS: Pottersfield Press, 1982.

Non-Fiction-Memoir

*''Imagined Truths: Myths from a Draft-Dodging Poet''. Vancouver, BC: Tidewater Press, 2021.

Fiction

*''Shape of Things to Come.'' Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn, 2007.

Edited

*''Riptides: New Island Fiction''. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn, 2012. *''Snow Softly Falling: Holiday Stories from Prince Edward Island''. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn, 2015.

Non-fiction-Biography

*''Milton Acorn: In Love and Anger''. Ottawa, ON: Carleton University Press, 1999.

Awards

*Winner of P.E.I. Book Award 2020, for ''Jeopardy'' *Winner of P.E.I. Book Award 2014, for ''Riptides: New Island Fiction'' *Winner of P.E.I. Book Award 2014, for ''Shape of Things to Come'' *Shortlisted for Atlantic Book Award 2013, for ''Riptides: New Island Fiction'' *Winner of the P.E.I. Heritage and Museum Foundation Award, for ''Milton Acorn: In Love and Anger'' *Winner of Canadian Authors’ Association Award 1991, for ''Prelude to the Bacchanal''

References

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