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Lorri Neilsen Glenn, author of Threading Light: Explorations in Loss and Poetry, answers two questions for BookClubBuddy.com at Getting 2 Know Lorri Neilsen Glenn.


Lorri Neilsen Glenn grew up in Western Canada in several small railway towns, and moved to Nova Scotia in 1983. She began writing as a freelance journalist, became an academic, and turned to writing poetry at age 50. Her recent books include Lost Gospels (Brick, 2010) and Combustion (Brick, 2007). Lorri's award-winning creative nonfiction and poetry have appeared in such as Grain, Arc, The Malahat Review, and Prairie Fire. She is the editor of several books including an anthology about mothers of the 1950s, forthcoming from Guernica Editions in 2013.


Former Halifax Poet Laureate (2005-2009), Lorri has taught poetry and creative nonfiction in Ireland, Europe, Australia, Chile, and most provinces of Canada. (A Greek retreat for writers is planned for spring, 2012). Lorri lives and works in Halifax.


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