Brian Rigg
BIO
Biography

Brian Rigg is Jamaican born Canadian writer and agitator currently living in Toronto. His poems has recently been published in The Hawaii Review, Genre Urban Arts: House Vol.2 and A3 Review.  His work has been anthologised in: Ma’ka: Diasporic Juks: Contemporary Writing by Queers of African Descent and Seminal: The Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poets. He is the author a previous volume poetry, A False Paradise. (ECW Press, 2001). He has been the recipient of grants from the Toronto Arts Council, The Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. He is a proud 2016 LAMBDA Fellow. His collection, Soft Animals, won the 2021 Steel Toe Books chapbook contest.

ADDRESS
City: Toronto, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
GENRE
Poetry
LANGUAGES
English, Jamaican
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
A False Paradise
Publisher
ECW Press
Year
2001
Title
Soft Animals
Publisher
Steel Toe Books
Year
2021
AWARDS
Awards
Name
The Steel Toe Books 2021 Chapbook Competition
Publication
Soft Animals
Year
2021
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