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Maurice Mierau is a Winnipeg writer, editor, and teacher. His second book of poems, Fear Not, won the ReLit Award for poetry in 2009.

Maurice’s first book of poems was Ending with Music (Brick, 2002). It was described
by the University of Toronto Quarterly as “a marvelously energetic performance.” Memoir of a
Living Disease, Maurice’s non-fiction book, won a Margaret McWilliams Award from the
Manitoba Historical Society in 2006.

Maurice is associate editor of a Winnipeg-based fiction imprint, Enfield & Wizenty.
In addition he works as a poetry editor for Contemporary Verse 2.
He is past president of the League of Canadian Poets.

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  • Berryman in Minneapolis; second thoughts…

    Last summer I spent about a week in John Berryman’s archives in Minneapolis.
    I wrote an essay about the experience for CV2’s last open issue, which you can read an excerpt from
    here.
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  • Review of Fear Not in CNQ

    Canadian Notes and Queries just came out with issue 78, and a review of Fear Not appears there under the smart-ass and amusing title, Yea, Though I Read Through an Ocean of Cheesy Sub-headings, I Will Fear No Evil. Here’s part of what reviewer Adam Sol says:
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  • Elise Partridge in Winnipeg

    As writer in residence at the Winnipeg Public Library, I invited Vancouver poet Elise Partridge to Winnipeg for a couple of events in spring 2010. Elise is the author of two wonderful collections of poetry that everyone should read, Fielder’s Choice (Signal) and Chameleon Hours (Anansi).

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