Billeh Nickerson

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Billeh Nickerson (born February 14, 1972) is a Canadian writer, editor, performer, producer and arts advocate.

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Personal life

Nickerson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, [1] grew up in Langley, British Columbia, lived in Toronto, Ontario, and currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. [1] He earned an undergraduate degree in fine arts from the University of Victoria and a master's degree in fine arts from the University of British Columbia. [2]

Writing and editing

In 2000, Nickerson published The Asthmatic Glassblower and other poems with Arsenal Pulp. It was nominated for the Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award. [3] He is also the author of the humorous essay collection Let Me Kiss It Better: Elixirs for the Not So Straight and Narrow (Arsenal Pulp, 2002) and co-editor of Seminal: The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poets with John Barton (Arsenal Pulp, 2007). [4] He was writer in residence at Berton House in Dawson City during July and August 2010.

In 2009, he published McPoems. [5] He followed up in 2012 with Impact: The Titanic Poems, a collection of poetry inspired by the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic . [1]

His most recent collection, Artificial Cherry, was published in 2014. [6] The book was a shortlisted finalist for the 2014 City of Vancouver Book Award. [7]

Nickerson is a founding member of the performance troupe Haiku Night in Canada. [8] He is also the past editor of the literary journals Event and Prism international.

He teaches creative writing at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. [1]

Publications

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Brett Josef Grubisic, "Impact". Vancouver Sun , April 14, 2012.
  2. "Writer's Union of Canada Profile: Billeh Nickerson". Archived from the original on June 16, 2011.
  3. "A little the verse for wear". The Globe and Mail , January 1, 2003.
  4. "Poems illuminate the gay connection". Toronto Star , July 21, 2007.
  5. "Lady Gaga and 100 cheeseburgers". National Post , November 14, 2009.
  6. "People get so uptight about bodies, says poet Billeh Nickerson" Archived May 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . Xtra! , May 10, 2014.
  7. "New accolades for Arthur Erickson biography". The Globe and Mail , September 11, 2014.
  8. "Haiku Night in Canada: Say hello to 'Margaret Atwood and Don Cherry's love child'". The Province , September 24, 2006.