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Don McKay
  photo: Sue Schenk, 1991
 
Don McKay has published eight books of poetry, including Birding, Or Desire (1983), Night Field (1991), and Apparatus (1997). He has received a number of awards. Since 1975 he has served as editor and publisher with Brick Books, and taught Creative Writing and English at the University of Western Ontario and the University of New Brunswick for twenty-seven years. He edited The Fiddlehead from 1991 to 1996, and has served as faculty resource person at Sage Hill and Banff, where he currently holds the position of Senior Poetry Editor. He has connections with Ontario, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and B.C., where he currently resides.
 
PUBLICATIONS:
Apparatus. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1997.
Night Field. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1991.
Sanding Down this Rocking Chair on a Windy Night. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1987.
Birding, or Desire. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1983.
 
AWARDS:
National Magazine Award, 1991.
Governor General's Award for Poetry for Night Field, 1991.
Nominated, Governor General's Award, 1983; 1991; 1997.
Canadian Authors Association Award, 1983.
 
 
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