Richard Lemm
Richard Lemm is a poet and professor based in Prince [Edward Island]. He was born in Seattle, immigrated to Canada in 1967, and moved to Atlantic Canada in 1979. He has an MA in English from Queen's University and a PhD from Dalhousie University.
Richard has been teaching Canadian and Postcolonial literatures and Creative Writing at University of [Prince Edward Island] since 1986.
Publications
Poetry
- Jeopardy: Poems. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn, 2018.
- The Gold Flash. North Vancouver, BC: Alfred Gustav Press, 2011.
- Burning House. Hamilton, ON: Wolsak and Wynn, 2010.
- Four Ways of Dealing with Bullies. Toronto, ON: Wolsak and Wynn, 2000.
- Prelude to the Bacchanal. Charlottetown, PEI: Ragweed Press, 1990.
- A Difficult Faith. Porters Lake, NS: Pottersfield Press, 1985.
- Dancing in Asylum. Porters Lake, NS: Pottersfield Press, 1982.
Non-Fiction-Memoir
- Imagined Truths: Myths from a Draft-Dodging Poet. Vancouver, BC: Tidewater Press, 2021.
Fiction
- Shape of Things to Come. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn, 2007.
Edited
- Riptides: New Island Fiction. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn, 2012.
- Snow Softly Falling: Holiday Stories from Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn, 2015.
Non-fiction-Biography
- Milton Acorn: In Love and Anger. Ottawa, ON: Carleton University Press, 1999.
Awards
- Winner of P.E.I. Book Award 2020, for Jeopardy
- Winner of P.E.I. Book Award 2014, for Riptides: New Island Fiction
- Winner of P.E.I. Book Award 2014, for Shape of Things to Come
- Shortlisted for Atlantic Book Award 2013, for Riptides: New Island Fiction
- Winner of the P.E.I. Heritage and Museum Foundation Award, for Milton Acorn: In Love and Anger
- Winner of Canadian Authors’ Association Award 1991, for ''Prelude to the Bacchanal''