2024 Short List Announced
TWUC is pleased to announce the short list of nominees for the 28th annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award, recognizing the best first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author published in 2024.
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Maureen Scott Harris
On dispersing my poetry collection. Maureen Scott Harris. 21 March 2025 Dear Friends and Colleagues, I’ve spent a bittersweet few weeks going through the poetry collection I’ve accumulated over 60+ years. What a hoard I’ve gathered, more than I can hang onto…
