Billeh Nickerson
{{Short description|Canadian writer, editor, performer, producer and arts advocate (born 1972)}}
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University of British Columbia
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Billeh Nickerson (born February 14, 1972) is a Canadian writer, editor, performer, producer and arts advocate.
Personal life
Nickerson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, grew up in Langley, British Columbia, lived in Toronto, Ontario, and currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. He earned an undergraduate degree in fine arts from the University of Victoria and a master's degree in fine arts from the University of British Columbia.{{cite web|url=http://www.writersunion.ca/ww_profile.asp?mem=163&L= |title=Writer's Union of Canada Profile: Billeh Nickerson |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616202414/http://www.writersunion.ca/ww_profile.asp?mem=163&L= |archivedate=June 16, 2011 |df=mdy }}
Writing and editing
In 2000, Nickerson published The Asthmatic Glassblower and other poems with Arsenal Pulp. It was nominated for the Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award."A little the verse for wear". The Globe and Mail, January 1, 2003. He is also the author of the humorous essay collection Let Me Kiss It Better: Elixirs for the Not So Straight and Narrow (Arsenal Pulp, 2002) and co-editor of Seminal: The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poets with John Barton (Arsenal Pulp, 2007)."Poems illuminate the gay connection". Toronto Star, July 21, 2007. He was writer in residence at Berton House in Dawson City during July and August 2010.
In 2009, he published McPoems."Lady Gaga and 100 cheeseburgers". National Post, November 14, 2009. He followed up in 2012 with Impact: The Titanic Poems, a collection of poetry inspired by the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.Brett Josef Grubisic, "Impact". Vancouver Sun, April 14, 2012.
His most recent collection, Artificial Cherry, was published in 2014.[http://dailyxtra.com/vancouver/arts-and-entertainment/literary/people-get-uptight-bodies-says-poet-billeh-nickerson "People get so uptight about bodies, says poet Billeh Nickerson"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514143004/http://dailyxtra.com/vancouver/arts-and-entertainment/literary/people-get-uptight-bodies-says-poet-billeh-nickerson |date=May 14, 2014 }}. Xtra!, May 10, 2014. The book was a shortlisted finalist for the 2014 City of Vancouver Book Award.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/new-accolades-for-arthur-erickson-biography/article20565412/ "New accolades for Arthur Erickson biography"]. The Globe and Mail, September 11, 2014.
Nickerson is a founding member of the performance troupe Haiku Night in Canada."Haiku Night in Canada: Say hello to 'Margaret Atwood and Don Cherry's love child'". The Province, September 24, 2006. He is also the past editor of the literary journals Event and Prism international.
He teaches creative writing at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
Publications
- The Asthmatic Glassblower and other poems (Arsenal Pulp, 2000)
- Let Me Kiss It Better: Elixirs for the Not So Straight and Narrow (Arsenal Pulp, 2002)
- Seminal: The Anthology of Canada's Gay Men's Poetry, co-edited by John Barton (Arsenal Pulp, 2007)
- McPoems (Arsenal Pulp, 2009)
- Impact: The Titanic Poems (2012)
- Artificial Cherry (2014)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091004102918/http://www.seemagazine.com/article/arts/arts-feature/McPoems1001/ "You Deserve A Haiku Today" See Magazine]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090210153011/http://arsenalpulp.com/contributorinfo.php?index=102 Billeh Nickerson – Arsenal Pulp Press]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110616202414/http://www.writersunion.ca/ww_profile.asp?mem=163&L= Billeh Nickerson – Writers' Union of Canada]
- [https://arquives.andornot.com/en/permalink/descriptions17503 Billeh Nickerson fonds at The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives]
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Category:21st-century Canadian poets
Category:Canadian anthologists
Category:Canadian male essayists
Category:21st-century Canadian essayists
Category:21st-century Canadian male writers