Kathleen McConnell

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Kathleen McConnell is a Canadian academic and writer.[1] A professor of English literature at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, she has published both academic literature under her own name and poetry under the pen name Kathy Mac.[2]

Her 2002 poetry collection Nail Builders Plan for Strength and Growth was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2002 Governor General's Awards,[3] and won the Gerald Lampert Award in 2003.[4] Her second poetry collection, The Hundefraulein Papers, was published in 2009,[5] and her third, Human Misunderstanding, was published in 2017.[6]

Her first academic work, Pain, Porn and Complicity: Women Heroes from Pygmalion to Twilight, was published in 2012.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Book launch for McConnell's collection of essays to be held at STU today". The Daily Gleaner, January 18, 2013.
  2. ^ "Ex-Bridgenorth poet up for top literary award". Peterborough Examiner, October 25, 2002.
  3. ^ "Mistry sidelined by Canada's literati: Lesser-known writers nominated for Governor General's Literary Awards". Ottawa Citizen, October 22, 2002.
  4. ^ "Dionne Brand wins Pat Lowther Award". The Globe and Mail, May 27, 2003.
  5. ^ "The Hundefraulein Papers is a 'quick, clever' book". The Daily Gleaner, June 13, 2009.
  6. ^ "Kathy Mac’s Battle With Social and Poetic Convention". Atlantic Books Today, August 30, 2017.


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