Clint Burnham (born 1962 in Comox,

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) is a

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writer and academic. He published the poetry collections ''Be Labour Reading'' (1997) and ''Buddyland'' (2000), and the short story collection ''Airborne Photo'' (1999), before publishing his debut novel ''Smoke Show'' in 2005. The novel was a shortlisted finalist for the

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in 2006. He was a

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nominee in the poetry category in 2018 for ''Pound @ Guantanamo'' (2017), and in the short fiction category in 2022 for ''White Lie'' (2021)."Short fiction from Norma Dunning, David Huebert, Alix Ohlin among works shortlisted for 2022 ReLit Awards"

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, May 9, 2022. He has also published the poetry collections ''Rental Van'' (2007) and ''The Benjamin Sonnets'' (2009), and numerous academic non-fiction works on literature, art and architecture. He is a professor of English at

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. His poems "Rent-a-Marxist" and "An Evening at Home" were anthologized in ''Seminal: The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poets'' (2007).

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