Canisia Lubrin

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Canisia Lubrin


Born
Saint Lucia

Canisia Lubrin is a writer, editor, and teacher. Her books include the acclaimed and awards-nominated Voodoo Hypothesis and The Dyzgraphxst, nominated for ten prizes, finalist for the Trillium and Governor General’s awards for English poetry, and winner of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the Griffin Poetry Prize, and the Derek Walcott Prize. Lubrin was also awarded the 2021 Joseph Stauffer Prize in literature by the Canada Council for the Arts. Poetry editor at McClelland & Stewart, she is the Creative Writing MFA Coordinator in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph. In 2021, she was awarded a Windham-Campbell prize for poetry. Lubrin’s debut work of fiction is Code Noir: Metamorphoses.
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Average rating: 3.79 · 1,254 ratings · 218 reviews · 11 distinct worksSimilar authors
[Dis]Connected: Poems and S...

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3.71 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions
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Spells: 21st Century Occult...

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3.57 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions
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Voodoo Hypothesis

4.12 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2017
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Code Noir: Fictions

3.49 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2025 — 11 editions
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The Dyzgraphxst

4.06 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions
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The Journey Prize Stories 3...

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The Unpublished City

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The Journey Prize Stories 3...

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The World After Rain: Anne'...

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Qué nuevo mapa

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“But why
should I unravel over all this remembering?
Great thing about landing
is that I've arrived

at your service, at your sand, at your valley
and unsentimental magma.”
Canisia Lubrin, Voodoo Hypothesis

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