Sina Queyras
{{short description|Canadian writer}}
Sina Queyras is a Canadian writer."From P.I. to poet, author has one varied resume; Teaching tops list for new writer-in-residence". Calgary Herald, September 9, 2007. To date, they have published seven collections of poetry, a novel and an essay collection.
Personal life
Sina Queyras was born in Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, Manitoba, Canada. Their growing up took place on the road on Anishinabe, Ininew, Oji-Cree, Dene, Dakota, Kootenai, Kitsumkalum, Kitselas and the Ts’msyen (Tsimshian) territories in Winnipeg, Kaslo, and Terrace, Western Canada.{{Cite web|date=2010-10-06|title=About|url=https://sinaqueyras.com/about/|access-date=2021-01-22|website=Sina Queyras|language=en|archive-date=2020-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126060102/https://sinaqueyras.com/about/|url-status=dead}} Sina also studied and lived in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, and Calgary where they were Markin Flanagan Writer in Residence.
Life and career
In 2005, while living in New York, they edited Open Field: 30 Contemporary Canadian Poets for Persea Books, the first anthology of Canadian poetry to be published by a U.S. press."Canadian poets storm America". The Globe and Mail, July 30, 2005.{{Cite book|last=Queyras|first=Sina|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57514971|title=Open field: 30 contemporary Canadian poets|date=2005|publisher=Persea Books|isbn=0-89255-314-6|edition=|location=New York|pages=|oclc=57514971}} They later edited Canadian Strange, a folio of contemporary Canadian writing for Drunken Boat, where they are a contributing editor.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-21|title=Sina Queyras|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sina-queyras|access-date=2021-01-22|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en}} From 2005 to 2007 Queyras co-curated the belladonna* reading series in New York.
Their third collection of poetry, Lemon Hound, received the Pat Lowther Award"Calder beat out for top poetry prizes". Winnipeg Free Press, June 23, 2008. and a Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry, and their fourth, Expressway, was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2009 Governor General's Awards."Literary finalists announced". Sherbrooke Record, October 16, 2009. A selection from Expressway won Gold prize in the National Magazine Awards.
They published their first novel, Autobiography of Childhood, in 2011."Twenty-four hours before death". The Globe and Mail, November 19, 2011. The book was a shortlisted finalist for the amazon.ca First Novel Award."Toronto writer wins first-novel prize". Victoria Times-Colonist, April 29, 2012.
Their 2014 poetry collection MxT was again shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry,[https://www.metro.us/new-york/lgbt-lit-stars-john-waters-rita-mae-brown-lauded-at-the-lammys/zsJofb---NxfLiiX31jw4k "LGBT lit stars John Waters, Rita Mae Brown lauded at The Lammys"]. Metro, June 2, 2015. and won the A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry from the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards"Sean Michaels emerges as a double QWF finalist; Two other writers pull off the coup of being named to the list twice". Montreal Gazette, October 15, 2014. and the ReLit Award for Poetry.[https://quillandquire.com/book-news/2016/02/01/awards-megan-gail-coles-andrew-kaufman-sina-queyras-win-relit-awards/ "Awards: Megan Gail Coles, Andrew Kaufman, Sina Queyras win ReLit Awards"]. Quill & Quire, February 1, 2016. A translation by Marie Frankland was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English to French translation at the 2015 Governor General's Awards."Full list of 2015 Nominees for the governor general's literary awards". Montreal Gazette, October 7, 2015.
Their work has been published widely in journals and anthologies including Joyland: A hub for short fiction. They teach creative writing at Concordia University in Montreal,"City's young writers thriving; Montreal boasts an award-winning cohort of anglo authors who are here to stay". Montreal Gazette, May 9, 2015. where they reside, and have taught at Haverford College"Creative writing and sexuality themes explored". Kelowna Capital News, November 11, 2008. and Rutgers University. Queyras also curates Writers Read, having hosted such writers as Lydia Davis, Rae Armantrout, Tanya Tagaq, Renee Gladman, Claudia Rankine and Dionne Brand.
Works
=Novel=
=Essays=
- Unleashed (2010)
=Poetry=
- Someone from the Hollow (1995)
- Slip (2001)
- Teethmarks (2004)"Sharp teeth, lyrical talons; Human nature, more savage than nature can be; plus a reflective take on love, loss and cruelty". Toronto Star, October 10, 2004.
- Lemon Hound (2006)"The avantest of the avant-garde". The Globe and Mail, April 8, 2006.
- Expressway (2009)"Poet returns with sights on car culture; Calgary's fixation on automobile 'made me weep'". Calgary Herald, February 24, 2009.
- MxT (2014)"Finding a grief formula; Elegy uses mathematics, circuit diagrams to plot way through loss". Vancouver Sun, March 1, 2014.
- My Ariel (2017)"From touchstone to metaphor: New poetry from Sina Queyras and Arleen Paré investigates a trio of female artists and how they cast their lives into uncompromising shapes". The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2017.
=Anthologies=
=Plays=
See also
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20151223053213/http://sinaqueyras.com/ Official website]
- [http://lemonhound.blogspot.com/ Lemon Hound] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521032330/http://lemonhound.blogspot.com/ |date=2012-05-21 }}
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Category:Canadian lesbian writers
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Category:21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century Canadian women writers
Category:Canadian LGBTQ novelists
Category:Canadian LGBTQ dramatists and playwrights