Blaine Marchand

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Blaine Marchand (born 1949 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian writer. [1] Marchand has published poetry, non-fiction and a novel.

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A longtime program manager with the Canadian International Development Agency, some of his writing has been inspired by his international travels with the organization. [2] In 2012 he was guest editor of an issue of the Canadian poetry magazine Vallum dedicated to poets from Pakistan. [2]

From 1992 to 1994 he was president of the League of Canadian Poets. [1] He was also a co-founder of the Ottawa Independent Writers, the Ottawa Valley Book Festival and the Canadian Review, and a regular columnist for Ottawa's LGBT newspaper Capital Xtra! .

Openly gay, [1] he lives in Ottawa. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "An interview with poet Blaine Marchand" Archived 2013-06-03 at the Wayback Machine . Xtra! , June 4, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Reading Pakistan". Vallum 9:1, Winter 2012.