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Lynn Crosbie

リン・クロスビー

Rin Kurosubī

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1963-08-07 （Montreal, Quebec, Canada）
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Montreal, Quebec, Canada → Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Career

Occupations
Poet, Novelist, Educator, Cultural critic, Journalist
Active Years
1992-2025
Affiliations
University of Toronto, York University, University of Guelph, OCAD University
Influenced By
Anne Sexton
Nominations
Shortlisted for Trillium Book Award

Education

University of Toronto
Department of English
Degree: PhD
Country: Canada
PhD thesis on the work of the American poet Anne Sexton

Awards

ReLit Award
2013
Work: Life Is About Losing Everything
Category: fiction
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Life Is About Losing Everything

2012 Fiction

A roman à clef/fictional memoir.

Where Did You Sleep Last Night

2015 Novel

Novel.

Chicken

2018 Novel

Novel optioned by filmmaker Bruce McDonald.

Adaptations
  • [Film] / Bruce McDonald

Liar

2006 Book-length poem

A personal work that deals with the end of her seven-year relationship.

Paul's Case

1997 Non-fiction

Controversial book on the Canadian criminal Paul Bernardo.

Bibliography

  • Miss Pamela's Mercy (1992)
  • The Girl Wants To: Women's Representations of Sex and the Body (1993)
  • Villainelle (1994)
  • Pearl (1996)
  • Paul's Case (1997)
  • Click: Becoming Feminists (1997)
  • Queen Rat: New and Selected Poems (1998)
  • Dorothy L'Amour (1999)
  • Phoebe 2002: An Essay in Verse (2003)
  • Missing Children (2003)
  • Liar (2006)
  • Life Is About Losing Everything (2012)
  • Where Did You Sleep Last Night (2015)
  • Chicken (2018)

Legacy

Canadian poet and novelist known for provocative works; winner of the 2013 ReLit Award.

Archives

  • Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections, York University Libraries