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poet and novelist."Tammy Lynn Armstrong" ''New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia'', 2010. She is most noted for her 2002 collection ''Bogman's Music'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the
St. Stephen
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New Brunswick
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, Armstrong was educated at the
University of British Columbia
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University of New Brunswick
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Career
Armstrong has published the poetry collections ''Unravel'' (2004), ''Take Us Quietly'' (2006) and ''The Scare in the Crow'' (2010), and the novels ''Translations: Aístreann'' (2002) and ''Pye-Dogs'' (2008).
In 2017, Armstrong's ''Hermit God Spot'' made the longlist for the CBC Poetry Prize.
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Canadian literature
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List of Canadian poets
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*Mark Abley (born 1955), poet, journalist, editor, and non-fiction writer.
*Milton Acorn (1923–1986), poet, writer, and playwright
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List of Canadian writers
This is a list of Canadian literary figures, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars.
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