Winner Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize -- BC Book Prize (2016)
"The Witness Ghost mourns in a frank
Often I played a minor role
impoverished days in a war-stricken Ukraine
John MacKenzie's Letters I Didn't Write immediately grabs the reader with its conciseness and its poignancy
Fake It So Real Délani Valin Winner Dorothy Livesay Poetry PrizeDescription Fake It So Real takes on the fallout from a punk rock lifestylethe future of no futureand its effect on the subsequent generations of one family. In June of 1983, Gwen, a gnarly Nancy Spungen look alike, meets Damian, the enigmatic leader of a punk band. Seven years and two unplanned pregnancies later, Damian abandons Gwen, leaving her to raise their two daughters, Sara and Meg, on her own. The voices of Gwen, Sara and Meg weave a raw and