D. M. Bradford Explained

Darby Minott Bradford is a Canadian poet based in Montreal, Quebec,^[1] whose debut poetry collection Dream of No One But Myself was published in 2021.^[2]

Biography

Bradford completed a BA at Concordia University followed by an MFA at the University of Guelph, where Bradford was mentored by Dionne Brand.^[3] Bradford previously published the chapbooks Nell Zink is Damn Free (2017) and The Plot (2018) and was a founding editor of the poetry publisher House House Press.^[4]

Awards

Dream of No One But Myself was shortlisted for the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize,^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://open-book.ca/News/That-Edge-of-Freedom-David-Bradford-on-The-Ups-and-Downs-of-Poetry ""That Edge of Freedom" D.M. Bradford on The Ups and Downs of Poetry"
2. https://www.cbc.ca/books/d-m-bradford-s-dream-of-no-one-but-myself-explores-family-via-words-and-images-1.6478826 "D.M. Bradford's Dream of No One But Myself explores family via words and images"
3. https://open-book.ca/News/Guelph-MFA-Grads-Simone-Dalton-and-David-Bradford-on-Family-Loss-Writing-and-Community-Part-1-of-2 "Guelph MFA Grads Simone Dalton and D.M. Bradford on Family, Loss, Writing, and Community"
4. https://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/house-house-press-launches-their-first-three-chapbooks "House House Press launched their first three chapbooks!"
5. Cassandra Drudi, "Shortlists announced for 2022 League of Canadian Poets book awards". Quill & Quire, April 21, 2022.
6. https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-finalists-for-the-2022-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-poetry-1.6612914 "The finalists for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry"
7. https://www.cbc.ca/books/suzette-mayr-iain-reid-among-finalists-for-25k-governor-general-s-literary-awards-1.7007194 "Suzette Mayr, Iain Reid among finalists for $25K Governor General's Literary Awards"
8. Attila Berki, "[D. M.<nowiki>] Bradford, Liz Howard, and Tolu Oloruntoba shortlisted for 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize"]. Quill & Quire, April 13, 2022. the 2022 Gerald Lampert Award,^[5] and the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2022 Governor General's Awards.^[6]

   At the 2023 Governor General's Awards, Bradford was nominated for French to English translation for House Within a House, the English translation of Nicholas Dawson's Désormais, ma demeure.^[7]

   References