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A wildfire of a debut memoir by internationally recognized French/Cree/Iroquois journalist Brandi Morin set to transform the narrative around Indigenous Peoples.

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His fiction and poetry have been translated into ten languages, have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books, Tin House, Poetry, Brick, \u003c\\\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eIndependent, \u003c\\\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\\\/em\u003e, and The Walrus Magazine, among others; have been internationally anthologized in \u003cem\u003eBest English Stories, Best American Poetry, The Minerva Book of Stories\u003c\\\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBest American Mystery Stories\u003c\\\/em\u003e; and have won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry, the Gerald Lampert Award, the K. M. Hunter Award, the P. K. Page Founders’ Award, the Petra Kenney Prize, the Air Canada Award, and four gold National Magazine Awards. In addition, Heighton was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Trillium Book Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Journey Prize, the Moth Prize, and Britain’s W. H. Smith Award. 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This return to poetry after five years will get a lot of buzz.\u003c\\\/p\u003e\\r\\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACCLAIMED AUTHOR IN MANY FORMS AND GENRES:\u003c\\\/strong\u003eApart from his award-winning and highly acclaimed poetry collections, Steven Heighton is also the author of several works of fiction, including the novels \u003cem\u003eAfterland\u003c\\\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Nightingale Won’t Let You Sleep\u003c\\\/em\u003e. As well, he is the author of the forthcoming Groundwood picture book \u003cem\u003eThe Stray and the Stranger\u003c\\\/em\u003e based on his experience helping refugees in Greece. Heighton’s wide variety of writing can bring him attention far beyond what a poet normally garners.\u003c\\\/p\u003e\\r\\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST SELECTED WORK FROM ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED CONTEMPORARY POETS:\u003c\\\/strong\u003e As an internationally prominent poet with many acclaimed collections, Heighton is well positioned for a work of selected poems. Previous Anansi selected poetry collections like A. F. Moritz’s \u003cem\u003eThe Sparrow\u003c\\\/em\u003e and Michael Crummey’s \u003cem\u003eLittle Dogs\u003c\\\/em\u003e have brought new attention to the poets and sparked reassessments and retrospectives of their careers up to that point, and we expect Heighton’s collection to do the same for him.\u003c\\\/p\u003e\\r\\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePREVIOUS MEDIA ATTENTION FOR STEVEN HEIGHTON:\u003c\\\/strong\u003e\u003c\\\/p\u003e\\r\\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/wiki.ezvid.com\\\/m\\\/11-poignant-books-from-exceptional-voices-in-modern-fiction-ZP6laov1KGXa0\\\"\u003e11 POIGNANT BOOKS FROM EXCELLENT WRITERS IN MODERN FICTION:\u003c\\\/a\u003e wiki.ezvid.com chooses \u003cem\u003eThe Nightingale Won’t Let You Sleep\u003c\\\/em\u003e\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\r\\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/m.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=PvOe6-EaXs0\\\"\u003eA-FRAME\u003c\\\/a\u003e: Katherine Leyton’s A-frame interview with Steven Heighton\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\r\\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\\\"http:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=CRfDceioOLc\\\"\u003eSOME OTHER JUST ONES\u003c\\\/a\u003e: An animated short by Caroline O'Neill\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\r\\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\\\"http:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=GnJ6vkJNyyc\\\"\u003eIF NOBODY CALLS, I'M GLAD\u003c\\\/a\u003e: An excerpt from a talk at Concordia, April 2011\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\r\\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\\\"http:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=VC5GBVYXNLM\\\"\u003eWORDS ALOUD 2011\u003c\\\/a\u003e: Steven Heighton reads “Herself, Revised” and “Dream”\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\r\\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\\\"http:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/_pKIDAgFadU\\\"\u003eCROSSING THE BORDERS BETWEEN US: THE ETHICS OF INTERVENTION \u0026 RESISTANCE\u003c\\\/a\u003e: Steven Heighton reads. 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A generous collection of new and previously published poems by Steven Heighton, a defining lyricist of his generation.

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