D. M. Bradford

Canadian poet

Darby Minott Bradford is a Canadian poet based in Montreal, Quebec,[1] whose debut poetry collection Dream of No One But Myself was published in 2021.[2]

Biography

Bradford completed a BA at Concordia University followed by an MFA at the University of Guelph, where Bradford was mentored by Dionne Brand.[3] Bradford previously published the chapbooks Nell Zink is Damn Free (2017) and The Plot (2018) and was a founding editor of the poetry publisher House House Press.[4]

Awards

Dream of No One But Myself was shortlisted for the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize,[5] the 2022 Gerald Lampert Award,[6] and the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2022 Governor General's Awards.[7]

At the 2023 Governor General's Awards, Bradford was nominated for French to English translation for House Within a House, the English translation of Nicholas Dawson's Désormais, ma demeure.[8]

References

  1. ^ ""That Edge of Freedom" D.M. Bradford on The Ups and Downs of Poetry". Open Book, October 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "D.M. Bradford's Dream of No One But Myself explores family via words and images". CBC Books, June 6, 2022, updated May 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Guelph MFA Grads Simone Dalton and D.M. Bradford on Family, Loss, Writing, and Community". Open Book, August 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "House House Press launched their first three chapbooks!". Drawn & Quarterly, March 1, 2019.
  5. ^ Attila Berki, "[D. M.] Bradford, Liz Howard, and Tolu Oloruntoba shortlisted for 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize". Quill & Quire, April 13, 2022.
  6. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Shortlists announced for 2022 League of Canadian Poets book awards". Quill & Quire, April 21, 2022.
  7. ^ "The finalists for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry". CBC Books, October 12, 2022.
  8. ^ "Suzette Mayr, Iain Reid among finalists for $25K Governor General's Literary Awards". CBC Books, October 25, 2023.


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