Laura Lush

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Laura Lush (born 1959) is a Canadian poet and short story writer. [1] She is most noted for her 1992 poetry book Hometown, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1992 Governor General's Awards. [2]

She has since published the poetry collections Fault Line (1997) [3] and The First Day of Winter (2003), [4] and the short story collection Going to the Zoo (2003). [5]

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References

  1. "Lush: From worm girl to poet". The Guardian , October 11, 1997.
  2. "Governor-General's literary nominees". Montreal Gazette , November 6, 1992.
  3. "The collective confessional lives". Toronto Star , May 9, 1998.
  4. "Liturgies of Ice". Ottawa Citizen , February 2, 2003.
  5. "Lush prose: Poetic style enhances loopy humour". Victoria Times-Colonist , February 23, 2003.