Good news. Canada's major poetry award, the GGs, has shortlisted two key 21st century poet-critics, Carmine Starnino and Sina Queyras , who represent widely divergent poetics. Both edited major Canadian anthologies recently - Open Field and The New Canon . As poets their work represents the major trends in new Canadian poetry. It'll be interesting to see who wins.
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