Kathy Shaidle

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Kathy Shaidle (born 7 May 1964) is a Canadian Roman Catholic author, columnist and poet.

Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Shaidle studied at Sheridan College. Since the mid-1980s she has worked in Toronto, eventually talking up a post at the Catholic New Times magazine. In 1991, she left the publication to pursue a writing career, only to discover that summer she contracted lupus erythematosus.[1] She was on the left as a self-described "anarcho-peacenik" in the early years of her writing career but, prompted in large part by the attacks of September 11, 2001, has become an outspoken conservative. [1]

Shaidle wrote the blog relapsedcatholic.com[2][3] and a column for the Roman Catholic weekly Our Sunday Visitor. She left the latter post in April 2007 after the newspaper refused to publish a column she had written criticizing Earth Day. [2] In September 2007 she stopped posting at Relapsed Catholic and began a new blog, fivefeetoffury.com, a reference to her petite stature and often pugnacious writing style.

Her book-length poetry collection, Lobotomy Magnificat, was nominated for a 1998 Governor General's Award. Critic Wendy McGrath, writing in the Edmonton Journal, praised the poetry for how it "effectively relates sacred images or text to present day events and images."[4] In contrast, the Montreal Gazette's reviewer was critical of the book's "diet of smart phrasing... and fabricated insights."[5]


Contents

[edit] Awards and recognition

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] References

  1. ^ Shaidle, Kathy. "Illness a harsh but welcome teacher", Toronto Star, 1998-12-13, p. 1. 
  2. ^ "Giggles and God-stuff: Hooting with the Maker on the Web", The Ottawa Citizen, 2001-04-08, p. C16. 
  3. ^ Shaidle, Kathy. "My life as a (mediocre) Catholic", CBC News, unknown date, after September 2001. Retrieved on 2008-01-28. 
  4. ^ McGrath, Wendy. "Poet relates sacred images to today's views", Edmonton Journal, 1998-12-06, p. F6. 
  5. ^ Starnino, Carmine. "Five poets in search of a prize", The Gazette, 1998-11-14, p. J5. 
  6. ^ Carpenter, Rebecca. "The triumph of Kathy Shaidle", Quill & Quire, December 1998. Retrieved on 2008-01-26. 

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