Science Fiction Saint
- Publisher
- Frontenac House Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2002
- Category
- Canadian, LGBT, Women Authors
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780968490372
- Publish Date
- Apr 2002
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
Science Fiction Saint, by playwright and poet Nancy Jo Cullen, investigates the space between a more traditional lyric line and the experimental use of form and language. A provocative work that shimmers with risk and offbeat humour.
About the author
Nancy Jo Cullen’s poetry and fiction have appeared in The Puritan, Grain, filling Station, Plenitude, Prairie Fire, Arc, This Magazine, Best Canadian Poetry 2018, Room, Journey Prize and Best Canadian Fiction 2012. Nancy is the 2010 recipient for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ+ Emerging Writers. She’s published three collections of poetry with Frontenac House and a collection of short stories, Canary, with Biblioasis. Her first novel, The Western Alienation Merit Badge, was shortlisted for the 2020 Amazon Canada First Novel Award.
Awards
- Short-listed, Writers Guild of Alberta’s Stephan G. Stephansson Award
- Short-listed, Book Publishers Association of Alberta's Best Trade Book Award
- Short-listed, League of Canadian Poets Gerald Lampert Memorial Award