Robin Richardson (writer)

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Robin Richardson (born 1985) [1] is a Canadian poet. [2] She is most noted for her collection Sit How You Want, which was the 2018 winner of the Trillium Book Award for poetry [3] and the 2019 winner of the ReLit Award for poetry. [4]

She was a ReLit nominee on two prior occasions, for Grunt of the Minotaur (2012) and Knife Throwing Through Self-Hypnosis (2014).

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References

  1. "Richardson, Robin, 1985-". id.loc.gov. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  2. "I Did Not Come to Conquer: Robin Richardson’s Sit How You Want". Entropy , December 24, 2018.
  3. Deborah Dundas, "Dionne Brand, Robin Richardson win Ontario’s Trillium book awards". Toronto Star , June 13, 2019.
  4. "Andrew Battershill, Robin Richardson & Barry Callaghan win 2019 ReLit Awards". CBC Books, April 16, 2021.