Kathleen McCracken

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Kathleen McCracken
Born1960 (age 6364)
Markdale, Ontario, Canada
OccupationPoet

Kathleen McCracken (born 1960 in Markdale, Ontario) is a Canadian poet, who was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1992 Governor General's Awards for her collection Blue Light, Bay and College. [1]

Her other collections have included Reflections (1978), Into Celebration (1980), The Constancy of Objects (1988), A Geography of Souls (2002), Mooncalves (2007), and Tattoo Land (2009), and her poetry has appeared in The Malahat Review , Poetry Canada Review, Exile Quarterly, Poetry Ireland, The Shop, Revival, Abridged, New Orleans Review and Grain .

She has lived in Northern Ireland since 1992, where she teaches English and creative writing at Ulster University.

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References

  1. "Governor-General's nominees announced". The Globe and Mail , November 6, 1992.