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Liz Howard
Howard at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2016

Liz Howard is a Canadian writer. Her debut poetry collection, Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent, was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2015 Governor General's Awards, and winner of the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize.

Liz Howard grew up in Chapleau, Northern Ontario. Howard is of Anishinaabe descent through her paternal grandmother. She studied cognitive neuroscience at the University of Toronto. Howard received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph.

Works

• Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent. McClelland & Stewart. 2015. ISBN 9780771038365.
• Letters in a Bruised Cosmos. McClelland & Stewart. 2021. ISBN 9780771037573.

References

1. ^ "'Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent' by Liz Howard" Archived 2019-01-20 at the Wayback Machine. The Winnipeg Review, September 15, 2015.
2. "Governor-General's Literary Awards announces finalists". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2015.
3. "Liz Howard". Griffin Poetry Prize. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
4. "2016 Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist announced". CBC Books, April 11, 2016.
5. "The Quotations of Bone by Norman Dubie and Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent by Liz Howard Win the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize". Griffin Poetry Prize, June 2, 2016.
6. Alamm, Khadija (29 January 2023). "Liz Howard is breaking the rules". The Varsity. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
7. "Liz Howard: Indigenous Reconnection and Resurgence in Poetry". Victoria University, Toronto. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
8. "Two debut poetry collections mix technical language with themes of identity, selfhood and race". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 2015.
9. "Liz Howard". Griffin Poetry Prize. Retrieved 2023-11-17.

External links

• Biography, poetry excerpts from Griffin Poetry Prize website

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