Patricia Young
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Patricia Young (born 1954 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet, and short story writer.[1]
She is married to writer Terence Young.[2] Their daughter Clea Young is also a writer, whose debut short story collection Teardown was published in 2016.[3]
- Travelling the Floodwaters. Turnstone Press. 1983. ISBN 978-0-88801-082-7.
- All I Ever Needed Was a Beautiful Room. Oolichan Books. 1987. ISBN 978-0-88982-073-9.
- The Mad and Beautiful Mothers. Ragweed Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0-920304-79-2.
- Those Were the Mermaid Days. Ragweed Press. 1991. ISBN 0-921556-14-4.
- More Watery Still. Anansi. 1993. ISBN 978-0-88784-541-3.
- What I Remember From My Time on Earth: poems. Anansi. 1997. ISBN 978-0-88784-592-5.
- Ruin and Beauty. House of Anansi Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-88784-649-6.
- Here Come the Moonbathers. Biblioasis. 2008. ISBN 978-1-897231-43-2.
- An Auto-Erotic History of Swings. Sono Nis. 2010. ISBN 978-1-55039-178-7.
- Pilgrimage: Love Poems. JackPine Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-9865426-7-1.
- Stunned. Leaf Press. 2011. ISBN 978-1-926655-35-2.
- Amateurs At Love. The Alfred Gustav Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0-9877910-3-0.
Short stories
- Airstream. Biblioasis. 2006. ISBN 978-1-897231-01-2.
Anthologies
- A Walk by the Seine, Canadian Poets on Paris. (Black Moss Press, 1996).
- Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry. (Monitor Book Co., 1995/96).
- Making Connections: Literacy from a Feminist Perspective. (Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women, 1996)
Awards and nominations
- Butler Prize, shortlist for Here Come The Moonbathers, 2009
- Airstream included on Globe and Mail's list of best 100 books of the year 2006
- Butler Prize, shortlist for Airstream, 2000
- Meltcalf-Rooke Award, for Airstream, 2006
- Governor General's Award nominee for Ruin & Beauty, 2000
- B.C. Book Prize for What I Remember From My Time On Earth, 1997
- Governor General's Award nominee for More Watery Still, 1993
- Pat Lowther Award for The Mad And Beautiful Mothers, 1989
- Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for All I Ever Needed Was A Beautiful Room, 1987
