Stephanie Bolster Explained

Stephanie Bolster (born 1969)^[1] is a Canadian poet and professor of creative writing at Concordia University, Montreal.^[2]

History

She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (1991) and a Master of Fine Arts (1994) from the University of British Columbia.^{[3] [4]} Her first book, White Stone: The Alice Poems, won the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1998. Bolster's current project, "Long Exposure", is a book-length poem that takes as its starting point Robert Polidori's post-disaster photographs of New Orleans and Chernobyl.^[5]

In 2004, Bolster edited and published The Ishtar Gate, featuring the poetry of Dutch-Canadian poet Diana Brebner.^[6] Bolster also acknowledged the support of Hendrika Ruger in previously publishing Brebner's work in years prior.^[7]

Awards

• 1993 Norma Epstein Award for Creative Writing
• 1996 Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award for Poetry
• 1997 Contemporary Verse 2 poetry competition
• 1997 The Malahat Review Long Poem Prize
• 1998 Governor General's Award
• 1998 Poetry Chapbook Contest, Mother Tongue Press
• 1999 Gerald Lampert Award
  • 2000 Lampman-Scott Award 2003 Great Blue Heron Poetry Competition, The Antigonish Review

Works

Poetry

• Three Bloody Words (above/ground press, Ottawa, 1996). Chapbook, published in edition of 300.
• Inside A Tent of Skin: 9 Poems from the National Gallery of Ottawa. (Mother Tongue Press, 1998). Limited edition chapbook.
• White Stone: The Alice Poems (Véhicule Editions, 1998).
• Two Bowls of Milk (McClelland & Stewart, 1999).
• Pavilion (McClelland & Stewart, 2002).
• A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth (Brick Books, London, ON, 2011).
• Three Bloody Words: Twentieth Anniversary Edition (above/ground press, Ottawa, 2016).

Edited works

• The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems, Diana Brebner, edited and with an introduction by Stephanie Bolster. Montréal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series, 2004.
• The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2008, edited by Stephanie Bolster, series/advisory editor Molly Peacock. Toronto: Tightrope Books, 2008.
• Penned: Zoo Poems, edited by Stephanie Bolster, Katia Grubisic, and Simon Reader. Montreal: Signal Editions/Véhicule Press, 2009.
• Global Poetry Anthology, edited by Valerie Bloom, Stephanie Bolster, Frank M. Chipasula, Fred D'Aguiar, Michael Harris, John Kinsella, Sinéad Morrissey, Odia Ofeimun, Eric Ormsby, and Anand Thakore. Montreal: Signal Editions/Véhicule Press, 2012.

External links

• Stephanie Bolster Faculty Profile, Department of English, Concordia University

Notes and References

1. Roberts, Neil, editor, A Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry, p 315, Blackwell Publishing, 2003,, retrieved via Google Books, January 3, 2009
2. Encyclopedia: McArthur Mooney . Jacob . Canadian Encyclopedia . Stephanie Bolster . 2017-03-11 . 2013 .
3. https://brocku.ca/canadianwomenpoets/Bolster.htm Brock University, Canadian Women Poets
4. http://100.ubc.ca/ubc-impact/stephanie-bolster University of British Columbia, UBC Centennial
5. Web site: Faculty. www.concordia.ca. 2018-08-09.
6. Web site: Ishtar Gate, The McGill-Queen's University Press. www.mqup.ca. 2020-04-09.
7. Book: Brebner, Diana. The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems. McGill-Queens University Press. 2004. 978-0773528352. Bolster. Stephanie. 165.