Lichen Bright

by Lauren Carter

60 pages, Paperback

First published September 28, 2005

About the author

Lauren Carter is the author of five books: the forthcoming short story collection Places Like These, the novel This Has Nothing to Do with You, winner of the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, and her debut novel Swarm, which was longlisted for CBC Canada Reads, as well as the poetry collections Following Sea and Lichen Bright, longlisted for the ReLit Award. Her work has also appeared in anthologies, including 15: Best Canadian Stories (edited by John Metcalf) and Voicing Suicide (Ekstasis Editions). She has been published in a wide variety of periodicals including The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, National Geographic Traveler, and the literary journals Fiddlehead, Prairie Fire and Grain. Longlisted multiple times for the CBC literary awards in both fiction and poetry, she's also been nominated for the Journey and Giller Prizes. A transplanted Ontarian, she currently lives near Winnipeg, Manitoba with her husband, Jason, and rescue animals Merlin and Mo.

Reviews

[Lara Stoudt · Rating 4 out of 5]

The speaker takes you on a journey of loss, pain, hope and rediscovery wrapped in a language reminiscent of the Romantics; yet certainly modern in tone and form. The collection can be read as a whole or as individual poetic gems. I highly recommend and look forward to reading more of Lauren Carter's work.