Monty Reid
Canadian poet (born 1952)
Monty Reid (born 1952 in Spalding, Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian poet .
Life
He graduated from the University of Alberta , with an M.A. He lived in Drumheller , Alberta , and worked at the Royal Tyrrell Museum and later at the Canadian Museum of Nature starting in 1999 (since retired). [ 1] [ 2]
He has won Alberta’s Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry three times,[ 3] the Archibald Lampman Award ,[ 4] National Magazine Awards, and is a three-time nominee for the Governor General’s Award .[ 5] He was editor and publisher of a number of literary magazines, including The Camrose Review (later The Dinosaur Review ),[ 6] The NeWest ReView ,[ 7] and Arc Poetry Magazine , as well as of the chapbook press Sidereal Press.[ 8] As a musician, he plays guitar and mandolin in the band Call Me Katie.[ 9]
He is the current Festival Director at VerseFest, Ottawa’s international poetry festival[ 10]
Works
Books
Karst Means Stone . Edmonton, Alberta: NeWest Press , 1979.
The Life of Riley . Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Thistledown Press . 1981. ISBN 978-0-920066-40-9 .
The Dream of Snowy Owls . Edmonton, Alberta: Longspoon Press, 1983.
The Alternate Guide . Red Deer, Alberta: Red Deer College Press, 1985.
These Lawns . Red Deer, Alberta: Red Deer College Press, 1990.
Crawlspace . Toronto, Ontario: House of Anansi. 1993. ISBN 978-0-88784-539-0 .
Dog Sleeps: Irritated Texts . Edmonton, Alberta: NeWest Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-920897-35-5 .
Flat Side . Red Deer, Alberta: Red Deer College Press. 1998. ISBN 978-0-88995-188-4 .
Disappointment Island . Ottawa, Ontario: Chaudiere Books. 2006. ISBN 978-0-9781601-1-1 .
The Luskville Reductions . London, Ontario: Brick Books , 2008.
Garden . Ottawa, Ontario: Chaudiere Books. 2014. ISBN 978-1-9281070-1-9 .
Meditatio Placentae . London, Ontario: Brick Books. 2016. ISBN 9781771314398 .
Chapbooks
Fridays . Edmonton, Alberta: Sidereal Press, 1979.
Six Songs for the Mammoth Steppe . Ottawa, Ontario: above/ground press, 2000.
cuba A book . Ottawa, Ontario: above/ground press, 2005.
Sweetheart of Mine . Toronto, Ontario: Bookthug , 2006.
Lost in the Owl Woods . Toronto, Ontario: Bookthug, 2007.
A Poem That Ends With Murder . Ottawa, Ontario: Apt. 9 Press, 2009.
In the Garden (oct series) . Mount Pleasant, Ontario: Laurel Reed Books, 2010.
Garden: February Unit . Niagara: Grey Borders Books, 2011.
Garden (July Unit) . Fukushima, Japan: obvious epiphanies press, [n.d.].
In the Garden (sept series) . Ottawa, Ontario: above/ground press, 2011.
Site Conditions . Ottawa, Ontario: Apt. 9 Press, 2011.
Contributor’s Notes . Kentville, Nova Scotia: Gaspereau , 2011.
Garden (dec unit) . Eindhoven, Le Pays Bas: corrupt press, 2012.
Garden: November Unit . Ottawa, Ontario: Sidereal Press, 2013.
Moan Coach . Ottawa, Ontario: above/ground press, 2013.
Kissing Bug . Ottawa, Ontario: phafours press, 2014.
Seam . Ottawa, Ontario: above/ground press, 2018.
Anthologies (selected)
Lee, Dennis, ed. The New Canadian Poets, 1970–1985 . Toronto, Ontario: McClelland and Stewart, 1985.
Pavlovic, Srdja, ed.Threshold: An Anthology of Contemporary Writing from Alberta . Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta Press, 1999.
mclennan, rob, ed. Decalogue: ten Ottawa poets. Ottawa, Ontario: Chaudiere Books, 2006.
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