Alexandra Oliver

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Alexandra Oliver
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Vancouver
OccupationPoet
NationalityCanadian
Period1990s-present
Notable worksMeeting the Tormentors in Safeway
SpouseDragan Basekic
Website
Official website

Alexandra Oliver (born 1970) is a Canadian poet, who won the Pat Lowther Award in 2014 for her collection Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway.[1][2]

A graduate of the

slam poet in the early 1990s,[3] and appeared in the 1998 documentary film SlamNation.[4]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Anne Compton, Alexandra Oliver, Murray Reiss win League of Canadian Poets awards". Quill & Quire, June 9, 2014.
  2. ^ "The Outlier". The Walrus, June 9, 2016. Accessed August 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Hot Shots of '93: They're young and they're dazzling". Vancouver Sun, May 8, 1993.
  4. ^ a b "Michael Lista, On Poetry: Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway, by Alexandra Oliver". National Post, November 15, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Alexandra Basekic. McMaster University Faculty of Humanities. Accessed August 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "Measured Pleasures: Alexandra Oliver's Let the Empire Down". Arc Poetry Magazine, May 14, 2017. Accessed August 12, 2020.
  7. ^ Hail, the Invisible Watchman

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