Lorna Goodison
Works by Lorna Goodison:
- From Harvey River
- Lorna Goodison Collected Poems
- Lorna Goodison Collected Poems
- Redemption Ground
- Supplying Salt and Light
- By Love Possessed
- To Us All Flowers Are Roses: Poems
- Turn Thanks: Poems
- Baby Mother and the King of Swords
- Heartease
- Travelling Mercies
- Goldengrove
- Controlling the Silver
From ABC Bookworld, "Born in Jamaica, Goodison has taught at the University of Toronto and the University of Michigan. She divides her time between Ann Arbor, Toronto, and Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia where she resides with her husband Ted Chamberlin. Her 2011 story collection is By Love Possessed (M&S $28.99) 978-0-7710-3577-7
Lorna Goodison, Wayde Comptom and Tanya Evanson are among 90 contributors to the first national anthology to focus solely on poetry by African Canadians, Great Black North: Contemporary African Canadian Poetry ($21.95), edited by Valerie Mason-John and Kevan Anthony Cameron, and launched during Black History Month in February of 2012. 978-1-897181-83-6
In 2019, Lorna Goodison learned she was awarded the annual Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, established in 1933, originally for citizens of the UK and then expanded in 1985 to include the Commonwealth. The award is to be presented to Lorna Goodison by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. Lorna is the first Jamaican, and the first Canadian, to receive this award."
She appeared at the Festival of the Written Arts, Sechelt in both 2008 and 2011.