Stephanie Bolster (born 1969) is a

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poet and professor of creative writing at

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History

She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (1991) and a Master of Fine Arts (1994) from the

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. Her first book, ''White Stone: The Alice Poems'', won the

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for poetry in 1998. Bolster's current project, "Long Exposure", is a book-length poem that takes as its starting point Robert Polidori's post-disaster photographs of New Orleans and Chernobyl. In 2004, Bolster edited and published ''The Ishtar Gate'', featuring the poetry of Dutch-Canadian poet

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. Bolster also acknowledged the support of Hendrika Ruger in previously publishing Brebner's work in years prior.

Awards

*1993 Norma Epstein Award for Creative Writing *1996

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for Poetry *1997

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poetry competition *1997

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Long Poem Prize *1998

*1998 Poetry Chapbook Contest, Mother Tongue Press *1999

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*2000 Lampman-Scott Award *2003 Great Blue Heron Poetry Competition, The Antigonish Review

Works

Poetry

*''Three Bloody Words'' (above/ground press, Ottawa, 1996). Chapbook, published in edition of 300. *''Inside A Tent of Skin: 9 Poems from the National Gallery of Ottawa.'' ( Mother Tongue Press, 1998). Limited edition chapbook. *''White Stone: The Alice Poems'' ( Véhicule Editions, 1998). *''Two Bowls of Milk'' (

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, 1999). *''Pavilion'' (

, 2002). *''A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth'' (Brick Books, London, ON, 2011). *''Three Bloody Words: Twentieth Anniversary Edition'' (above/ground press, Ottawa, 2016).

Edited works

*The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems, Diana Brebner, edited and with an introduction by Stephanie Bolster. Montréal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series, 2004. *The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2008, edited by Stephanie Bolster, series/advisory editor Molly Peacock. Toronto: Tightrope Books, 2008. *Penned: Zoo Poems, edited by Stephanie Bolster, Katia Grubisic, and

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. Montreal: Signal Editions/ Véhicule Press, 2009. *Global Poetry Anthology, edited by Valerie Bloom, Stephanie Bolster,

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, Fred D'Aguiar, Michael Harris, John Kinsella, Sinéad Morrissey, Odia Ofeimun, Eric Ormsby, and Anand Thakore. Montreal: Signal Editions/ Véhicule Press, 2012.

References

External links

Stephanie Bolster
Faculty Profile, Department of English, Concordia University {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolster, Stephanie 1969 births Living people Canadian women poets University of British Columbia alumni Academic staff of Concordia University Governor General's Award-winning poets 20th-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian poets 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers