Michael Harris

Michael Harris was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1944. He has taught in the English and Creative Writing Departments of McGill and Concordia Universities, and currently teaches Film and Literature at Dawson College in Montreal. Since 1980, he has been the Poetry Editor of the Signal Editions imprint of Véhicule Press in Montreal; he has edited over 50 poetry books for Véhicule and various other presses.

Awards
CBC Radio Literary Competition, poetry category, finalist, 1984; third prize, 1985; first prize, 1988.
John Glassco Prize for Translation, finalist, 1985.
New England Review Narrative Poetry Contest, finalist, 1985.

Selected Publications
Poems from Ritual. (Ransack, 1967).
Text for Nausikaa. (Delta Books, 1970).
Ten Montreal Poets. (Editor). (Delta Books, 1975).
Sparks. (New Delta, 1976).
Grace. (New Delta, 1978).
Veiled Countries/Lives (translation of MarieClaire Blais). (Véhicule Press, 1984).
Miss Emily et la Mort (Jacques Marchand, trans.). (VLB Éditeur, 1985).
In Transit. (Véhicule Press, 1985).
New and Selected Poems. (Véhicule Press, 1992).
The Signal Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Poetry. (Editor). (Véhicule Press, 1993).

Selected Anthologies
Ten Montreal Poets. (Delta Books, 1975).
Montreal: English Poetry of the Seventies. (Véhicule Press, 1977).
The Maple Laugh Forever: An Anthology of Comic Canadian Poetry. (Hurtg Publishers, 1981).
Cross/Cut: Contemporary English Quebec Poetry. (Véhicule Press, 1982).

Books in Print
Harris, Michael
In Transit. Vâhicule Press, 1985. $9.95 ISBN: 0-919890-69-5.
Miss Emily et la Mort (Jacques Marchand, trans.). VLB éditeur, 1985. $9.95 ISBN: 2-89005-201-X.
New and Selected Poems. Vâhicule Press, 1992. $12.95 ISBN: 1-55065-029-7.
Sparks. New Delta, 1976. $3.00 ISBN: 0-919162-45-2.
The Signal Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Poetry (editor). Vâhicule Press, 1993. $16.95 ISBN: 1-55065-038-6.