Jordan Scott (poet)

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Jordan Scott (born May 8, 1978) is a Canadian poet, who won the Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize in 2018. [1]

Scott's first book of poetry, Silt, was published in 2005, and was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2006. [2] He followed up in 2008 with Blert, a collection of poetry inspired by his lifelong struggle with stuttering. [3]

In 2013, Scott and Stephen Collis collaborated on Decomp, a book which combined prose poetry with photography. [4] In 2015 he was granted access to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, spending five days exploring the facility and publishing the multimedia work Clearance Process in 2016 to document his visit. [5]

His 2020 children's book, I Talk Like a River, was named as Best Children's Book of the Year Award for 2020 by Publishers Weekly , [6] and was a finalist for the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize. [7]

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References

  1. "Books inspired by the authors’ parents win the top Writers’ Trust Awards". Toronto Star , November 7, 2018.
  2. "Smaller publishers land on BC Book Prizes shortlist". Vancouver Sun , March 18, 2006.
  3. "Stuttering steps into spotlight". Edmonton Journal , April 26, 2008.
  4. "Poets on board". Prince George Citizen , November 22, 2013.
  5. "SFU writer–in–residence Jordan Scott reflects on Guantanamo Bay". Simon Fraser University, May 20, 2016.
  6. "I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott: 9780823445592 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  7. Ryan Porter, "Eight shortlists announced for BC and Yukon Book Prizes". Quill & Quire , April 8, 2021.