Richard Harrison (poet)

Richard Harrison (born 1957) is a Canadian poet and essayist.

Life
Harrison was born in Toronto in 1957 and moved to Calgary in the 1990s. He holds degrees from Trent University (in biology and philosophy) and Concordia University (in creative writing). He has had teaching positions at Trent University, the University of Calgary, and Mount Royal University.

He has recently completed work on several books of essays (as an editor and contributor).

Recognition
Harrison has won the City of Calgary Book Prize.

His fourth book of poetry, Big Breath of a Wish (1998), was nominated for a Governor General's Award.

Poetry

 * Fathers Never Leave You. Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press, 1987.
 * Recovering the Naked Man. Toronto: Wolsak & Wynn, 1991.
 * Hero of the Play (1994). Toronto: Wolsak and Wynn, 1994.
 * Big Breath of a Wish. Toronto: Wolsak and Wynn, 1998.
 * Worthy of His Fall. Toronto: Wolsak and Wynn, 2005.

Essays

 * Secret Identity Reader: Superheroes, graphic tales, and us (with Lee Easton). Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press, 2007.
 * reprinted as Secret Identity Reader: essays on sex, death and the superhero. Hamilton, ON: Wolsak and Wynn, 2010.
 * Now is the Winter: Thinking about Hockey (with Jamie Dopp). Hamilton, ON: Wolsak and Wynn, 2009.

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