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Garth Martens won the 2011 Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. His first book Prologue for the Age of Consequence (Anansi) was a Shortlisted Finalist for the 2014 Governor General's Literary Award in Poetry. His poems appear in Poetry Ireland, Hazlitt, This Magazine, Vallum, Fiddlehead, Prism, Best Canadian Poetry in English 2014, Leonard Cohen: You're Our Man, and elsewhere. Martens has served as Literary Coordinator for Open Word: Readings & Ideas, on the poetry editorial board for The Malahat Review, and is a contributing editor for Arc Poetry Magazine.

In collaboration with Alma de España Flamenco Dance Company, he wrote and performed the libretto for Pasajes (2014), an international production. As a principle member of Palabra F ...more

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	Prologue for the Age of Consequence 4.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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