Harold Rhenisch - biography, career, poetry
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Education
* 1980 Graduated from the Department of Creative Writing, The University of Victoria
Prizes
* 1980 Rosalind Hewlett Petch Memorial Prize in Creative Writing
* 1991 Confederation Poetry Prize
* 1995, 1996, 1997 Runner-up (poetry), CBC/Tilden/Saturday Night Literary Competition
* 1996 B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Association Award for Best Arts and Culture Writing
Publications
* Seven full length books published.
Informal Lectures 1994-1997
* The Repression of Literature (Kings College, Toronto)
* The Philosophical Underpinnings of Canadian Literature (UBC)
* Language & Poetry (SFU)
* Dickens & Modern Verse (SFU)
* Affective Essay Writing Structures (UBC)
Workshops
* 1981-1994 Workshops in Poetry:
o Kelowna Teachers Association
o Kelowna Senior Secondary School
o Similkameen Elementary Secondary School
o 100 Mile Junior High School
o Peter Skene Ogden Senior Secondary School (in cooperation the the Federation of B.C. Writers and The Writers Development Trust)
o Mile 108 Elementary School
o Okanagan Writers League
* 1987 Designed and taught a 4 week poetry unit at the Grade 4 Level
* 1992 Designed and taught a 5 part poetry unit at the Grade 3 level
* 1993 Workshop in Myth (with Garry Gottfriedson): Equinox Festival
* 1995 Three Month workshop with elementary school students (Grades 4-6) in writing interactive poetry for animation in time and space on the computer
* 1995-8 Mentor in writing (with workshops), Mile 108 Elementary (Journalism), Peter Skene Ogden Senior Secondary School, Ann J. Stevenson Junior Secondary School and100 Mile Junior High School; Workshops in poetry, concrete poetry, and computer graphics, 100 Mile Junior High School,
* 1996 Writer in Residence, Douglas College
* 1997 Creative Writing Instructor, University College of the Cariboo (Part time)
Other
* Editor The Milestones Review, a book review quarterly
* Chapbook Publisher
* Arts columnist for the 100 Mile Free Press
Anthologies
Six Poets of British Columbia, ed. Robin Skelton, Sono Nis Press 1980. ISBN 0-919462-65-0 (One of six)
Books
Winter, Sono Nis Press, 1982. ISBN : 0-919203-06-X (poetry)
Eleusis, Sono Nis Press, 1986. ISBN: 0-919203-84-1 (poetry)
A Delicate Fire, Sono Nis Press, 1989. ISBN: 1-55039-014-7 (poetry)
Dancing With My Daughter, Sono Nis Press, 1993. ISBN: 1-55039-037-6 (poetry)
Out of the Interior: the Lost Country, Cacanadadada Press, 1993. ISBN: 921870-23-X (prose)
Iodine, or A Visit to Jakes’ Kero Confectionary During the Elks’ Rodeo Parade, 1963, Wolsak and Wynn, 1994. ISBN: 0-919897-40-1 (poetry)
Taking the Breath Away, Ronsdale Press, February 1998. ISBN: 0-921870-55-8 (poetry)
The Blue Mouth of Morning, Oolichan Books, October 1998 (poetry)
Chapbooks
In the Presence of Ghosts, Reference West, 1993. ISBN: 1-895362-19-9 (Chapbook, 24 pp.) (poetry)
24 chapbooks from Rain Press, 1995-8
Kazoo: The Psalm at the End of the Song, Reference West, November 1998. ISBN:1-894010-26-4 (Chapbook, 24 pp.) (poetry)
Magazine Publications
I have had poetry, prose, and fiction published in many magazines, including The Fiddlehead, Event, Arc, The Malahat Review, Canadian Literature, Grain, Dandelion, Queen¹s Quarterly, The Antigonish Review, Matrix, Quarry, New Quarterly, and The University of Windsor Review.
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