Jordan Scott (poet)
Jordan Scott is a Canadian poet, who won the Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize in 2018.[1]
Scott's first book of poetry, Silt, was published in 2005, and was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2006.[2] He followed up in 2008 with Blert, a collection of poetry inspired by his lifelong struggle with stuttering.[3]
In 2013, Scott and Stephen Collis collaborated on Decomp, a book which combined prose poetry with photography.[4] In 2015 he was granted access to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, spending five days exploring the facility and publishing the multimedia work Clearance Process in 2016 to document his visit.[5]
Works
- Silt (2005)
- Blert (2008)
- Decomp (2013)
- Clearance Process (2016)
- Night & Ox (2017)
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References
- "Books inspired by the authors’ parents win the top Writers’ Trust Awards". Toronto Star, November 7, 2018.
- "Smaller publishers land on BC Book Prizes shortlist". Vancouver Sun, March 18, 2006.
- "Stuttering steps into spotlight". Edmonton Journal, April 26, 2008.
- "Poets on board". Prince George Citizen, November 22, 2013.
- "SFU writer–in–residence Jordan Scott reflects on Guantanamo Bay". Simon Fraser University, May 20, 2016.
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