I’m not sure what makes me happier, seeing one of my prose poems in the current issue of Grain or my good pal Betsy Rosenwald’s art on the cover.

The CBC Poetry Prize is one of Canada’s most prestigious awards for the form. Judged by eminent Canadian writers, CBC Literary Awards have been motivating and encouraging the careers of writers in this country since 1979.

So it was a happy day when I received word from CBC that my poem, “All My Questions Kneel Down,” had landed on the 2020 CBC Poetry Prize longlist. I shared the honour with 31 fine poets. Our work was selected from a pool of over 3,000 entries.

My young adult novel-in-verse, Stay, intrigued voiceEd interviewer Stephen Hurley as both a teacher and a parent. He invited me to chat with him about the book.