Wayde Compton


Wayde Compton is a Canadian writer. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Compton has published books of poetry, essays, and fiction, and he edited the first comprehensive anthology of black writing from British Columbia. He co-founded Commodore Books with David Chariandy and Karina Vernon in 2006, the first black-oriented press in Western Canada. He also co-founded the Hogan's Alley Memorial Project in 2002, a grassroots organization that promotes the history of Vancouver's black community. Compton teaches in the faculty of Writing at the University of Victoria.
In 1996 he penned the semi-autobiographical poem "Declaration of the Halfrican Nation".

Anthologies

  • Bluesprint: Black British Columbian Literature and Orature
  • ''The Revolving City: 51 Poems and the Stories Behind Them''

    Fiction

  • ''The Outer Harbour: Stories''

    Graphic fiction

  • ''The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration''

    Non-fiction

  • After Canaan: Essays on Race, Writing, and Region
  • ''Toward an Anti-Racist Poetics''

    Poetry

  • 49th Parallel Psalm
  • ''Performance Bond''