Dr. Roger Nash is Director of the interdisciplinary Humanities M.A. programme at Laurentian University, and a synagogue cantor.
Awards
Prism International Poetry Contest, first prize, 1985/86.
The Fiddlehead Writing Contest, first prize, poetry, 1993.
Honorary Fellow, Thorneloe University, 1994.
Canadian Jewish Book Award, Poetry, 1997.
Confederation Poets Award, Arc Magazine, 1997.
Paul Harris Fellow (Rotary), 1998.
Confederation Poets Award, Arc Magazine, 2001.
Selected Publications
Settlement in a School of Whales. (Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1983).
Psalms from the Suburbs. (Quarry Press, 1986).
Night Flying. (Goose Lane Editions, 1990).
Ethics, Science, Technology and the Environment: A Reader. (Athabasca University Press, 1993).
Ethics, Science, Technology and the Environment: A Study Guide. (Athabasca University Press, 1993).
The Poetry of Prayer. (Brynmill Press, England, 1994).
In the Kosher Chow Mein Restaurant. (Your Scrivener Press, 1996).
Once I Was a Wheelbarrow (Bayeux Arts, 2000)
The Poetry of Prayer, 2nd. expanded edition (Edgeways Books, England, 2004)
Something Blue and Flying Upwards: New and Selected Poems (Your Scrivener Press, 2006)
Selected Anthologies
Mirror Images. (Nelson, 1989).
Past into Present: An Anthology of British and American Literature. (Longman,
1990).
Uncivilizing (Insomniac Press, 1997)
Northern Prospects. (Your Scrivener Press, 1998).
Books in Print
Nash, Roger
In the Kosher Chow Mein Restaurant (Your Scrivener Press, 1996). ISBN 1-896350-02-X, $13.95
Once I Was a Wheelbarrow (Bayeux Arts, 2000) ISBN 1-896209-46-7, $12.95.
The Poetry of Prayer, 2nd. expanded edition (Edgeways Books, 2004) ISBN 0-907839-83-5, $13.
Something Blue and Flying Upwards: New and Selected Poems (Your Scrivener Press, 2006) ISBN 1-896350-19-4, $15.00.
Roger Nash, Philosophy Department Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6
rnash@nickel.laurentian.ca