Brenda Levy Tate

Poet

Tusket, Nova Scotia
Canada
CA
Email: 
faranya@gmail.com
Website: 
www.brendatate.com

Author's Bio

I live in southwest Nova Scotia, Canada, a region which has deeply influenced my personal history in almost every aspect. I spent my working life as a senior high teacher, and still substitute-teach even in retirement. While most of my poems are intended for adult readers, I've also been inspired by a succession of memorable young people to write about issues that concern them. I especially enjoy doing poetry workshops for and with teenagers. I have presented adult workshops in my local area and - true to my drama-teacher persona - I'm always delighted to give readings.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Tipping the Sacred Cow (Fortunate Childe Publications, 2011)
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Vintage (Fortunate Childe Publications, 2011)
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Postcards from Eve (Fortunate Childe Publications, 2010)
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Lilith (Fortunate Childe Publications, 2009)
,
Jailbreaks: 99 Canadian Sonnets (Biblioasis Press, 2008)
Books:
Wingflash (Pink Petticoat Press, 2011)
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Cleansing (Rising Tide Press, 2005)
Chapbook:
Beeline (Lopside Press, 2007)
Journals:
Contemporary American Voices
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Epicenter
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Lily Lit Review
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Soundzine
,
Victorian Violet Press & Journal
Prizes won: 

IBPC (Web del Sol) - included in Top Ten Poets of the Decade for IBPC, 2002-2010;

Poetry SuperHighway Contest 2011 - 2nd Place for "Bargain"; Poetry SuperHighway Contest 2009 - 3rd Place for "Thanatopia"; Winning Writers War Poetry Competition 2007 - HM: "Leaving the Lee Shore";
IBPC 1st Place May 2004: "I No Gone Cat, You Just Not See Me";
IBPC 3rd Place March 2007: "Show But Never Tell";
IBPC 1st Place December 2007: "Ruth in Ward 3A Imagines Herself as a Tree";
IBPC 1st Place March 2008; then HM for 2007-08 Poem of the Year: "Carol for the Brokenhearted";
IBPC 2nd Place April 2008; then HM for 2007-08 Poem of the Year: "Spring Dance";
IBPC 1st Place August 2008: "Tsunami Prelude";
IBPC 3rd Place December 2008: "Momento Mori";
IBPC 1st Place March 2009: "I, Raptor";
IBPC HM January 2011: "The Forgetting Water";
IBPC 2nd Place October 2011: "In the Beginning"; IBPC 2nd Place November 2011: "Hurricane Weather";
2010 - Pushcart nomination from Fortunate Childe Publications for "Carol for the Brokenhearted";
2010 - Pushcart nomination from Victorian Violet Press for "Once Woman in the Inn Garden";
2011 - Pushcart nomination from Fortunate Childe Publications for "Tern, Tern, Tern";
2011 - Pushcart nominations from The Pink Petticoat Press for "I No Gone Cat, You Just Not See Me" and for "Calving Season" (prose-poetry)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Sydney
Canada
Raised in: 
Wolfville, NS
Canada
Nova Scotia
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Last update: Feb 01, 2012