Karen Enns Explained

Karen Enns is a Canadian poet based in Victoria, British Columbia.^[1] She is most noted for her 2017 collection Cloud Physics, which won the Raymond Souster Award for poetry in 2018.^[2]

Enns published her debut poetry collection That Other Beauty in 2010,^[3] and was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2011.^[4] Her second collection, Ordinary Hours, followed in 2014.^[5]

Works

• That Other Beauty (2010)
• Ordinary Hours (2014)
• Cloud Physics (2017)

Notes and References

1. https://quillandquire.com/review/cloud-physics/ "Cloud Physics, by Karen Enns"
2. https://quillandquire.com/omni/the-league-of-canadian-poets-announces-winners-of-the-2018-annual-poetry-awards/ "The League of Canadian Poets announces winners of the 2018 Annual Poetry Awards"
3. "Honey days of times past". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, October 30, 2010.
4. "Dionne Brand, Di Brandt among finalists for poetry's Pat Lowther prize: Brand, Brandt among poetry prize finalists". Canadian Press, April 4, 2011.
5. "Derksen iffy; Enns shines quietly; The Vestiges needs fact checker; Ordinary Hours offers spare grace". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, October 18, 2014.