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Richard Lemm (born 1946) is a poet and professor based in Prince Edward Island. He was born in Seattle, immigrated to Canada in 1967, and moved to Atlantic Canada in 1979. He has an MA in English from Queen's University and a PhD from Dalhousie University. [1] [2] [3]
Richard has been teaching Canadian and Postcolonial literatures and Creative Writing at University of Prince Edward Island since 1986.
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