Leah Horlick
| Leah Horlick | |
|---|---|
| Born | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Occupation | poet |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2010s-present |
| Notable works | Riot Lung, For Your Own Good |
| Notable awards | Dayne Ogilvie Prize |
| Website | |
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Leah Horlick is a Canadian poet, who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender writers in 2016.[1]
She has published two poetry collections, Riot Lung (2012) and For Your Own Good (2015).[2] Riot Lung was a nominee for the ReLit Award for poetry and the Saskatchewan Book Award in 2013,[3] and For Your Own Good was named a Stonewall Honour Book by the Stonewall Book Awards.[3] For Your Own Good was inspired by her experience of being sexually assaulted by her first girlfriend after coming out as lesbian, and finding a dearth of literature on same-sex assault to help her process the experience.[2]
Originally from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,[2] she was educated at the University of Saskatchewan.[4] She is currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she is cocurator with Esther McPhee of the Reverb reading series for LGBT writers.[5]
References
- ↑ "Leah Horlick wins 2016 Writers' Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers". CBC Books, June 7, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Sask. poets tell personal stories". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, August 8, 2015.
- 1 2 "Awards: Leah Horlick wins Writers’ Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize". Quill & Quire, June 8, 2016.
- ↑ "U of S exhibit helps highlight issue of modern slavery". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, October 27, 2007.
- ↑ "Reverb co-curator honoured with LGBT emerging writer award". The Province, June 8, 2016.