As a critic, they were a reviewer of fiction and poetry for The Globe and Mail and have written scholarly articles on Canadian contemporary poetry. They also worked as an assistant poetry editor at Canadian Literature and were an occasional contributor to CBC Radio One[2] and the National Post.[3] L'Abbé was the guest editor of the Best Canadian Poetry 2014 anthology. They are currently on the editorial board of Brick Books and on the poetry editorial board of The Malahat Review.
Their work has appeared in a number of literary journals and several anthologies including Rising Tides, Force Field: 77 BC Women Poets, Best Canadian Poetry 2009, Best Canadian Poetry 2010, Open Field: 30 Contemporary Canadian Poets and Red Silk: An Anthology of South Asian Canadian Women Poets. She was shortlisted for the 2010 CBC Literary Award for poetry[4] and won the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award for most promising writer under 35.[5] In 2013, they were the Artist-in-Motion for 2017StartsNow!, a series of talks launched by CBC Radio-Canada, Via Rail and Community Foundations of Canada that joined Canadians across the country in a conversation about how to celebrate the Canadian sesquicentennial.[6]
Family
L'Abbé was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Jason L'Abbé, a Franco-Ontarian ceramic artist, and Janet L'Abbé, an artist of Guyanese Dougla descent (South Asian and African mixed descent). Their name, Sonnet, is a combination of parts of their parents' first names.
Books
A Strange Relief (McClelland and Stewart, 2001)
Killarnoe (McClelland and Stewart, 2007)
Best Canadian Poetry in English 2014 (guest editor, Tightrope Books, 2014)
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sonnet, abbé, other, uses, abbé, disambiguation, canadian, poet, editor, professor, critic, poet, abbé, writes, about, national, identity, race, gender, language, borntoronto, ontario, canadaoccupationpoet, contents, career, family, books, awards, referencesca. For other uses see L Abbe disambiguation Sonnet L Abbe is a Canadian poet editor professor and critic As a poet L Abbe writes about national identity race gender and language Sonnet L AbbeBornToronto Ontario CanadaOccupationPoet Contents 1 Career 2 Family 3 Books 4 Awards 5 ReferencesCareer EditL Abbe has a PhD in English literature from the University of British Columbia a master s degree in English literature from the University of Guelph and a BFA in film and video from York University 1 They have been a script reader and taught English at universities in South Korea as well as teaching creative writing at the University of Toronto From 2012 to 2014 they taught creative writing at UBC s Okanagan campus and they currently teach at Vancouver Island University In 2015 they were the Edna Staebler Writer in Residence at Wilfrid Laurier University As a critic they were a reviewer of fiction and poetry for The Globe and Mail and have written scholarly articles on Canadian contemporary poetry They also worked as an assistant poetry editor at Canadian Literature and were an occasional contributor to CBC Radio One 2 and the National Post 3 L Abbe was the guest editor of the Best Canadian Poetry 2014 anthology They are currently on the editorial board of Brick Books and on the poetry editorial board of The Malahat Review Their work has appeared in a number of literary journals and several anthologies including Rising Tides Force Field 77 BC Women Poets Best Canadian Poetry 2009 Best Canadian Poetry 2010 Open Field 30 Contemporary Canadian Poets and Red Silk An Anthology of South Asian Canadian Women Poets She was shortlisted for the 2010 CBC Literary Award for poetry 4 and won the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award for most promising writer under 35 5 In 2013 they were the Artist in Motion for 2017StartsNow a series of talks launched by CBC Radio Canada Via Rail and Community Foundations of Canada that joined Canadians across the country in a conversation about how to celebrate the Canadian sesquicentennial 6 Family EditL Abbe was born in Toronto Ontario to Jason L Abbe a Franco Ontarian ceramic artist and Janet L Abbe an artist of Guyanese Dougla descent South Asian and African mixed descent Their name Sonnet is a combination of parts of their parents first names Books EditA Strange Relief McClelland and Stewart 2001 Killarnoe McClelland and Stewart 2007 Best Canadian Poetry in English 2014 guest editor Tightrope Books 2014 Anima Canadensis chapbook Junction Books 2016 Sonnet s Shakespeare 2019 Awards EditMalahat Review Long Poem Prize 1999 Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award 2000 Shortlist CBC Literary Award Poetry 2010 bpNichol Chapbook Award 2017 7 Shortlist Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize 2020 8 References Edit Sonnet L Abbe Canadian Writers in Person Archived from the original on 26 March 2012 Retrieved 4 July 2011 Canadian Writers in Person retrieved 4 July 2011 forage by Rita Wong wins Canada Reads Poetry cbc ca 30 October 2014 Retrieved 10 June 2015 Canada Reads Poetry Sonnet l Abbe on Forage by Rita Wong Afterword Arts National Post Archived from the original on 7 July 2012 Retrieved 9 September 2011 Sonnet l Abbe Shortlisted for the CBC Literary Award Archived from the original on 22 March 2012 Retrieved 9 September 2011 Green College UBC retrieved on 8 August 2011 Authors Penguin Random House Canada Retrieved 10 June 2015 A poet crosses Canada to capture the spirit of the times thestar com 20 December 2013 Retrieved 10 June 2015 Sonnet L Abbe wins 4000 bpNichol Chapbook Award wordpress com 18 November 2017 Retrieved 22 November 2017 Sonnet s Shakespeare BC and Yukon Book Prizes a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sonnet L 27Abbe amp oldid 1145491091, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
