Roger Nash

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Roger Nash is a Canadian philosopher and poet. He was born in Maidenhead, England on November 3, 1942. He grew up in England, Egypt, Cyprus, Singapore and Hong Kong. He has a B.A. from the University of Wales (1965), an M.A. from McMaster University (1966) and a Ph.D. from the University of Exeter (1974).

Roger Nash is a professor in the Joint Department of Philosophy at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. His main philosophical interests are: Greek Philosophy, Asian Philosophy, Wittgenstein, and Environmental Ethics. He is a practicing poet and was president of the League of Canadian Poets from 1998-2000. During his tenure as president, he worked with Senator Jerry Grafstein to help create the position of Canadian Poet Laureate.

He is a cantor at the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue, and is active in community fund-raising.

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[edit] Awards

  • Prism International Poetry Contest, first prize, 1985/86.
  • The Fiddlehead Writing Contest, first prize, poetry, 1993-94.
  • Canadian Jewish Book Award, Poetry, 1997.
  • Confederation Poets Award, Arc Magazine, 1997 for Circumstantial Evidence of the Visitation of Angels.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Books

  • Something Blue and Flying Upward: New and Selected Poems Your Scrivener Press (2006) [1]
  • Once I was a Wheelbarrow, Calgary, AL: Bayeux Arts, 86p. [2]
  • Licking Honey Off A Thorn. North Bay: League of Canadian Poets and Catchfire Press, 48p. 1998
  • Northern Prospects: An Anthology of Northeastern Ontario Poetry. Sudbury: Your Scrivener Press, 1998, 120 pp.
  • Spring-Fever. Sudbury/Toronto: Your Scrivener Press/ League of Canadian Poets, 42p. 1997
  • Uncivilizing. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 125p. Nash, R. , Davidson, C. Dunn, S,. Lever, B. Reaney, J. and Sward, R.
  • In the kosher chow mein restaurant. Sudbury, ON: Your Scrivener Press, 1996.
  • The poetry of prayer. Norfolk, EN: Brynmill Press. 60p., 1994.
  • Ethics, Science, Technology and the Environment: A Reader. Athabasca University Press, 1993.
  • Ethics, Science, Technology and the Environment: A Study Guide. Athabasca University Press, 1993.
  • Night Flying. Fredericton: Fiddlehead Poetry Books--Goose Lane Editions, 83p., 1990
  • Psalms From The Suburbs. Kingston: Quarry Press, 73p., 1986
  • Settlement In A School of Whales. Fredericton: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 55p., 1983

[edit] Chapters

"Strategies: how to get written by a poem." In Poets in the classroom. Ed. by Betsy Struthers and Sarah Klassen. Markham, ON: Pembroke Publishers Limited, 81-87. 1995.

[edit] Articles

"Poetry, mysticism and the indirectness of God." Quarry, 41 (1): 105-106. 1991.

[edit] Published Conference Papers

"Collaboration in curriculum committees and the culture of the university: a clash of perspectives?" In Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 37. 1995.

[edit] Poems

  • "Borders." In Outlook, 34 (1): 25. (1996)
  • "Chicken-plucking." In Queen's Quarterly, 102 (2): 508-509. (1995)
  • "Reversals." In Windsor Review: A Journal of the Arts, 28 (1): 32. (1995)
  • "Trying to balance the books." In The Garden of Life. Owings Mills, ON: Watermark Press, 620. (1995)
  • "Wedding in the garden." In Malahat Review, 112: 77-79. (1995)
  • "Wind-bells can overcome jealousy." In Windsor Review: A Journal of the Arts, 28 (1): 33. (1995)
  • "The world umbrella." In Quarry, 43 (4): 128. (1995)
  • "Caedmon's hymn", translated from the Anglo-Saxon. In The poetry of prayer. Norfolk, EN: Brynmill Press, 55. (1994)
  • "A desperate woman." In Poetry Canada Review, 14 (4): 25. (1994)
  • "In the kosher chow mein restaurant." In The Fiddlehead, 179: 13-14. (1994)
  • "Marriages of opposites." In Poetry Canada Review, 14 (4): 25. (1994)
  • "My lady of journeys." In Poetry Canada Review, 14 (4): 25. (1994)
  • "The strong wind." In Wascana Review, 28 (2): 17. (1994)
  • "Where our voices go." In Poetry Canada Review, 14 (4): 25. (1994)
  • "Heritage." In Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne, 137: 7. (1993)
  • "A message from the Norns to the twenty-first century." In Fiddlehead, 175: 31. (1993)
  • "Preparations for a journey." In Malahat Review, 102: 100-101. (1993)
  • "The presence of absences." In Malahat Review, 102: 99. (1993)
  • "The banjo case." Dalhousie Review, 72 (3): 362-367 (1992)
  • "Bell-ringing at evening." Ariel: A Review of International Literature, 23 (2): 108. (1992)
  • "Still life: ice water and an orange at Jericho." Antigonish Review, 90: 136. (1992)
  • "The artist as a still life." In The Fiddlehead, (168): 76. (1991)
  • "At the edges" and "Geraniums." In University of Windsor Review, 23 (1): 49-50. (1991)
  • "The house burning." In Canadian Author and Bookman, 66 (2): 13. (1991)
  • "Letter read in a storm." In Ariel: A Review of International English Literature, 22 (3): 104. (1991)
  • "Means and ends." In Malahat Review, (97): 80. (1991)
  • "Messengers." In The Fiddlehead, (168): 77. (1991)
  • "Parting." In Malahat Review, (97): 81. (1991)
  • "Vinnie." In Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne, (128): 89. (1991)

[edit] Reviews

  • "Kwame Dawes, Resisting the Anomie." In Canadian Book Review Annual: 199. (1996)
  • "Paulette Jiles, Flying Lessons: Selected Poems." In Canadian Book Review Annual: 204-205. (1996)
  • "Kenn Johnson, Loon Echo." In Canadian Book Review Annual: 205. (1996)
  • "Pamela Mordecai, De Man: A Performance Poem." In Canadian Book Review Annual: 208. (1996)
  • "Fraser Sutherland, Jonestown, " In Canadian Book Review Annual: 216. (1996)
  • "Bruce Whiteman, Visible Stars: New and Selected Poems," In Canadian Book Review Annual: 220. (1996)
  • "Angel wings all over. By Anne Campbell." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1994: 202. (1995)
  • "James I wanted to ask you. By Michael Holmes." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1994: 209. (1995)
  • "Lapsed WASP: poems 1978-89. By Victor Coleman." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1994: 204. (1995)
  • "Poems, new and selected. By Brian Brett." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1994: 200-201. (1995)
  • "Radical innocence. By John Pass." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1994: 217. (1995)
  • "Zhongguo. By David Lawson." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1994: 211. (1995)
  • "Killing time. By Seymour Mayne." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1993: 3197-3198. (1994)
  • "Mogul recollected. By Richard Outram." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1993: 3212. (1994)
  • "Port Ebony. by Dan Jalowica." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1993: 3185-3186. (1994)
  • "Storm dancer. By Wayne Keon." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1993: 3186. (1994)
  • "Riding the long black horse. By R. Souster." In Canadian Book Review Annual, 3232. (1993)
  • "New and selected poems. By Michael Harris." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1991: 209. (1992)
  • "Reflected scenery from where my eyes should be. By Vic Elias." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1991: 205. (1992)
  • "This only home. By Dennis Cooley." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1991: 201-202. (1992)
  • "Air Canada owls: travel poems. By Glen Sorestad." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1990: 235. (1991)
  • "Down time. By Jeff Derksen." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1990: 214. (1991)
  • "Hoping for angels. By Patrick O'Connell." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1990: 229-230. (1991)
  • "No solid ground. By Richard Lush." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1990: 212. (1991)
  • "Popular narratives. By Frank Davey." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1990: 196-197. (1991)
  • "Remains. By Stephen Scobie." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1990: 233-234. (1991)
  • "So far. By Fred Wah." In Canadian Book Review Annal 1990: 228-229. (1991)
  • "Stepping up to the station. By R.J. Clark." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1990: 211-212. (1991)
  • "West into night. By Glen Sorestad." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1990: 223. (1991)
  • "Witches and idiots. By Ken Mitchell." In Canadian Book Review Annual 1990: 226. (1991)

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