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Born in Buchans, Newfoundland, Crummey grew up there and in Wabush, Labrador, where he moved with his family in the late 1970s. He went to university with no idea what to do with his life and, to make matters worse, started writing poems in his first year. Just before graduating with a BA in English he won the Gregory Power Poetry Award. First prize was three hundred dollars (big bucks back in 1987) and it gave him the mistaken impression there was money to be made in poetry.

He published a slender collection of poems called Arguments with Gravity in 1996, followed two years later by Hard Light. 1998 also saw the publication of a collection of short stories, Flesh and Blood, and Crummey's nomination for the Journey Prize.

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Well it's been a long time coming. But I've just published a new collection of poetry with House of Anansi.

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Average rating: 3.73 · 2,723 ratings · 479 reviews · 11 distinct works · Similar authors
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,771 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions
River Thieves
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions
The Wreckage
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions
Hard Light
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions
Flesh & Blood: Stories
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions
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4.86 of 5 stars 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010
Arguments with Gravity
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1996
Under the Keel
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013
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3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004
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