Cecily Nicholson

Cecily Nicholson is the author of five books, including From the Poplars, recipient of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and Wayside Sang, winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry. Her collaborative practice spans artist-run centres, museum and community arts organizing and education. She is an assistant professor at the School of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia and the 2025 Holloway Lecturer in the Practice of Poetry at the University of California, Berkeley.

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