Leah Horlick

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Leah Horlick
Born Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Occupationpoet
NationalityCanadian
Period2010s-present
Notable worksRiot Lung, For Your Own Good
Notable awards Dayne Ogilvie Prize
Website
www.leahhorlick.com

Leah Horlick is a Canadian poet, who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender writers in 2016. [1]

She has published two poetry collections, Riot Lung (2012) and For Your Own Good (2015). [2] Riot Lung was a nominee for the ReLit Award for poetry and the Saskatchewan Book Award in 2013, [3] and For Your Own Good was named a Stonewall Honour Book by the Stonewall Book Awards. [3] For Your Own Good was inspired by her experience of being sexually assaulted by her first girlfriend after coming out as lesbian, and finding a dearth of literature on same-sex assault to help her process the experience. [2]

Originally from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, [2] she was educated at the University of Saskatchewan. [4] She is currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she is cocurator with Estlin McPhee of the Reverb reading series for LGBT writers. [5]

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References

  1. "Leah Horlick wins 2016 Writers' Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers". CBC Books, June 7, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sask. poets tell personal stories". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , August 8, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Awards: Leah Horlick wins Writers' Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize". Quill & Quire , June 8, 2016.
  4. "U of S exhibit helps highlight issue of modern slavery". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , October 27, 2007.
  5. "Reverb co-curator honoured with LGBT emerging writer award". The Province , June 8, 2016.