League of Canadian Poets announces 2021 awards winners
The League of Canadian Poets has announced the winners of this year’s book awards. Bertrand Bickersteth is the winner of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for The Response of Weeds (NeWest Press). The $2,000 award is given annually to a debut book of poetry. In their citation, jurors DA Lockhart, Nisha Patel, and Phoebe Wang call the book, which explores what it means to be Black and Albertan, “a work of research of a stunning range, occupying a powerful space in Canadian poetry.” Noor Naga is the winner of the Pat Lowther Memorial Award for her debut novel-in-verse Washes, Prays (McC...