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Anna Swanson

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Canada

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Poetry, Gay and Lesbian, Nonfiction

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Anna Swanson is a queer writer and librarian. Her first book of poetry, The Nights Also (Tightrope Books, 2010), won the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Her newest collection of poetry, The Garbage Poems, will be published by Brick Books in the fall of 2025. Her writing has been widely published in journals and appears in anthologies including Best Canadian Poetry, Impact: Women Writing After Concussion, In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry, Watch Your Head: Writers and Artists Respond to the Climate Crisis, and Torah: A Women’s Commentary. She is finishing an MFA at the University of Guelph and is based in St. John’s (on the island of Ktaqmkuk/Newfoundland) where she works as a poetry editor for Riddle ...more

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	Impact: Women Writing After Concussion by E.D. Morin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tracy Wai de Boer (Contributor), Stephanie Everett (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 46 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nights Also 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garbage Poems by Anna Swanson (Goodreads Author), April White (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joining the Sisterhood: Young Jewish Women Write Their Lives by Tobin Belzer (Editor), Julie Pelc (Editor), Eve Rosenbaum (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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