Jordan Scott (poet) explained
Jordan Scott (born May 8, 1978) is a Canadian poet, who won the Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize in 2018.[1]
Scott's first book of poetry, Silt, was published in 2005, and was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2006.[2] He followed up in 2008 with Blert, a collection of poetry inspired by his lifelong struggle with stuttering.[3]
In 2013, Scott and Stephen Collis collaborated on Decomp, a book which combined prose poetry with photography.[4] In 2015 he was granted access to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, spending five days exploring the facility and publishing the multimedia work Clearance Process in 2016 to document his visit.[5]
His 2020 children's book, I Talk Like a River, was named as Best Children's Book of the Year Award for 2020 by Publishers Weekly,[6] and was a finalist for the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize.[7]
Works
- Silt (2005)
- Blert (2008)
- Decomp (2013)
- Clearance Process (2016)
- Night & Ox (2017)
- I Talk Like a River (2020) illustrated by Sydney Smith
- German: Ich bin wie der Fluss (2021)
- My Baba's garden (2023) illustrated by Sydney Smith
Notes and References
- https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2018/11/07/books-inspired-by-the-authors-parents-win-the-top-writers-trust-awards.html "Books inspired by the authors’ parents win the top Writers’ Trust Awards"
- "Smaller publishers land on BC Book Prizes shortlist". Vancouver Sun, March 18, 2006.
- "Stuttering steps into spotlight". Edmonton Journal, April 26, 2008.
- "Poets on board". Prince George Citizen, November 22, 2013.
- https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2016/sfu-writer_in_residence-jordan-scott-reflects-on-guantanamo-bay.html "SFU writer–in–residence Jordan Scott reflects on Guantanamo Bay"
- Web site: I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott: 9780823445592 PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books. 2020-12-07. PenguinRandomhouse.com. en-US.
- Ryan Porter, "Eight shortlists announced for BC and Yukon Book Prizes". Quill & Quire, April 8, 2021.
