Laura Lush Explained

Laura Lush (born 1959) is a Canadian poet and short story writer.^[1] She is most noted for her 1992 poetry book Hometown, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1992 Governor General's Awards.^[2]

She has since published the poetry collections Fault Line (1997)^[3] and The First Day of Winter (2003),^[4] and the short story collection Going to the Zoo (2003).^[5]

Notes and References

1. "Lush: From worm girl to poet". The Guardian, October 11, 1997.
2. "Governor-General's literary nominees". Montreal Gazette, November 6, 1992.
3. "The collective confessional lives". Toronto Star, May 9, 1998.
4. "Liturgies of Ice". Ottawa Citizen, February 2, 2003.
5. "Lush prose: Poetic style enhances loopy humour". Victoria Times-Colonist, February 23, 2003.