Nancy Holmes (born February 9, 1959) is a

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and educator.

Biography

Holmes was born in

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and went to high school in

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. She then attended the

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where she received her MA in

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/ref> She has published four collections of

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and many

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. Her poetry and fiction have been published in ''A Room of One's Own'', ''Lichen'', ''The Malahat Review'', ''Matrix'', ''Prairie Fire'', ''Grain'', ''The Harpweaver'', and ''The Antigonish Review''. Holmes is an Associate Professor of

and

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at the

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Works

*''Valancy and the New World'' (Kalamalka Press, 1988) *''Down to the Golden Chersonese: Victorian Lady Travellers'' (Sono Nis, 1991) *''The Adultery Poems'' (Ronsdale, 2002) *''Mandorla'' (Ronsdale Press, 2005)Mandorla: By Nancy Holmes at ronsdalepress.com
/ref> *''Open Wide a Wilderness: Canadian Nature Poems'' (2008) *''The Flicker Tree: Okanagan Poems'' (2012) *''Arborophobia'' (

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, 2022)

References

External links

Author web site Nancy Holmes biography Random Acts of Poetry
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