| Roo Borson is a poet and essayist, and is a member (along with Kim Maltman and Andy Patton) of the collaborative group "Pain Not Bread"; she and Kim Maltman also publish collaboratively under the name "Baziju". She has served as writer-in-residence at numerous universities, and has given workshops across North America and readings in several countries. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of British Columbia, and lives in Toronto.
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Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida. McClelland & Stewart, 2004
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Introduction to the Introduction to Wang Wei. Brick Books, 2000
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Water Memory. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1996
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Night Walk: Selected Poems. Toronto: Oxford UP, 1994
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Intent, Or the Weight of the World. McClelland & Stewart, 1989
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The Transparence of November/Snow. co-author Kim Maltman. Kingston, ON: Quarry Press, 1985
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The Whole Night, Coming Home. McClelland & Stewart, 1984
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Night Walk (chapbook). Missing Link, 1981
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A Sad Device. Quadrant Editions, 1981
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Rain. Penumbra Press, 1980
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In the Smoky Light of the Fields. Three Trees Press, 1980
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Landfall. Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1977
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| AWARDS: |
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| Griffin Poetry Prize for Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida, 2005
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| Pat Lowther Memorial Poetry Prize for Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida, 2005
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| Governor General's Award for Poetry for Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida, 2004
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| Malahat Long Poem Prize, 1993
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| Winner, CBC Literary Competition for Personal Essay, 1991
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| Shortlisted, Governor General's Award for Poetry for Night Walk: Selected Poems, 1994; The Whole Night, Coming Home, 1984
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| Winner, CBC Literary Competition for Poetry, 1982 and 1989
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