Patrick Friesen

A former resident of Winnipeg, Patrick Friesen moved to the west coast of Canada in 1996 and now lives on Vancouver Island. He has published more than a dozen books of poetry and a book of essays. A Broken Bowl (1997) was short-listed for the Governor General’s Award, and Blasphemer’s Wheel won the Manitoba Book Award. He has also written several stage and radio plays, text for dance, and recorded two CDs of spoken word and improv music with Marilyn Lerner. His most recent book was Earth’s Crude Gravities (Harbour, 2007).

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