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Lorraine Gane was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and grew up in Toronto. In the mid '70s, she graduated from Carleton University's Honours Jouralism Program, then worked as a full-time writer and editor for major Canadian newspapers and magazines until 1989, when she began freelancing. In the early '90s, she also started teaching writing at universities and colleges such as Ryerson, McMaster and Georgian, as well as conducting her own private workshops. Earth Light, a chapbook of poems, was published in 2001. Selections from Lorraine's first poetry book, Even the Slightest Touch Thunders on My Skin (Black Moss Press, 2002), were shortlisted for the Canadian Literary Awards in 1997 and the League of Canadian Poets chapbook contest in 2000. Lorraine moved to Salt Spring Island, B.C. in 1998, where she lives with her partner. She is working on the next two volumes of poetry (A Winter in Egypt and Island of the Dove,) to complete a trilogy on love, loss and renewal. She is also working on a book about writing, among other projects. Lorraine gives talks on writing at universities and other locations and teaches writing through e-mail courses and workshops to students across Canada.
Awards
Awards: Finalist, Canadian Literary Awards, 1997.
Finalist, League of Canadian Poets chapbook contest, 2000.
Selected Publications
Even the Slightest Touch Thunders on My Skin (Black Moss Press, 2002) ISBN 0-88753-366-3.
Earth Light (Golden Bough Press, 2001).
Selected Anthologies
Swimming in the Ocean at Night (Leaf Press, 2003) ISBN 0-9730243-6-4.
Poets Against the War (www.poetsagainstthewar.org, 2003).
Books in Print
Gane, Lorraine
Even the Slightest Touch Thunders on My Skin, Poetry (Black Moss Press, 2002) ISBN 0-88753-366-3, $17.95.
Earth Light Poetry chapbook (Golden Bough Press, 2001), $20.00.
Lorraine Gane
http://www.blackmosspress.com