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Sina Queyras
Publisher: Coach House Books
Summary
Queyras's previous poetry books, Lemon Hound and Expressway, were highly acclaimed. Both were shortlisted or won prestigious poetry awards. Lemon Hound won a Lambda Literary Award and the Pat Lowther Award. Expressway was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Poetry.Queyras identifies as a LGBTQ writer and her work may be of interest to bookstores with an LGBTQ focusThe book's themes of grief and coping with death should resonate for many readers.Sina has lived and taught in several cities across North America, and is well-connected to their individual literary scenes: New York City, Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Toronto, Philadelphia.Sina is strongly connected to the North American poetry community, particularly through her popular blog, lemonhound.blogspot.com, and her work as a sometime blogger for Harriet, the Poetry Foundation's blog.