Gay Allison (born 1953) is a Canadian poet, editor, and English teacher. She was the fiction editor of The Canadian Forum, poetry editor of Waves, founding editor of a feminist journal, Fireweed,[1] co-editor of Landscape,[2] and founding member of the Women's Writing Collective of Toronto. Additionally, Allison is an advisory board member of Tiger Lily, a journal by women of colour. Allison is also a full member of the League of Canadian Poets.[3]
Gay Allison | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953 Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, Editor, English Teacher |
She was the recipient of the Poetry Award from the Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario (FWTAO) in 1982 and 1986.[4]
Early life edit
Allison was born in Saskatchewan. She has since lived in Saskatoon, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Toronto.
Work edit
Allison's poetry in The Unravelling, focuses on daily life "at a slow meditative pace."[5]
Publications edit
Poetry edit
- Life: Still. (1981)[6]
- In the Valley of the Butterflies (1981)
- The Unravelling (1986)[7]
- "Iron Shirt Moves" (1988)[8]
Anthologies edit
Awards edit
- Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario, Poetry Award, 1982, 1986.
- Tyrone Guthrie Award, Stratford Festival, 1997.
References edit
- ^ Butling, Pauline; Rudy, Susan (2009). Writing In Our Time: Canada's Radical Poetries in English (1957-2003). Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 9780889205277.
- ^ Allison, Gay; Hood-Caddy, Karen; Rapoport, Janis (1977). Landscape. Toronto: Women's Writing Collective. ISBN 9780969068006.
- ^ "Why The Poet Writes" (PDF). Centre For Women's Studies in Education. University of Toronto. 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ "Membee – Directory — Poets.ca". poets.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-04-15. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ^ Hatch, Ronald B. (1998). "Poetry" (PDF). University of Toronto Quarterly. 58 (1): 32–49. doi:10.3138/utq.58.1.32. Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ Allison, Gay (1981). Life: Still. Toronto: Williams-Wallace International. ISBN 9780887950117.
- ^ Gay, Allison (1986). The Unravelling. Toronto: Williams-Wallace. ISBN 9780887950605.
- ^ "Iron Shirt Moves". canlit.ca. Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review. 1988. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
- ^ Women and words : the anthology = Les femmes et les mots : une anthologie. Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour Pub. Co. 1984. ISBN 9780920080535.
- ^ Allison, Gay (1986). Sp/Elles: Poetry by Canadian Women/Poésie de femmes canadiennes. Windsor, Ontario: Black Moss Press. ISBN 9780887531514.