Tom Wayman
Encyclopedia
Thomas Ethan Wayman is a Canadian
poet
and academic.
Born in Hawkesbury
, Ontario
, Wayman has lived most of his life in British Columbia
. He studied at the University of British Columbia
, Colorado State University
, and the University of California, Irvine
.
Wayman has received the Canadian Authors Association medal for poetry, the A. J. M. Smith Prize, and has three times been nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
.
He currently teaches at the University of Calgary
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and academic.
Born in Hawkesbury
Hawkesbury, Ontario
Hawkesbury is a town in the Eastern portion of Southern Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River, near the Quebec-Ontario border.It lies on the south shore of the Ottawa River about halfway between Downtown Ottawa and Downtown Montreal in Prescott and Russell Counties. The Long-Sault Bridge links it...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Wayman has lived most of his life in British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. He studied at the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
, Colorado State University
Colorado State University
Colorado State University is a public research university located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The university is the state's land grant university, and the flagship university of the Colorado State University System.The enrollment is approximately 29,932 students, including resident and...
, and the University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
.
Wayman has received the Canadian Authors Association medal for poetry, the A. J. M. Smith Prize, and has three times been nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, established in 1986, is awarded annually to the best collection of poetry by a resident of British Columbia, Canada.One of the B.C. Book Prizes, the award was originally known as the B.C. Prize for Poetry...
.
He currently teaches at the University of Calgary
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...
.
Poetry
- Waiting for Wayman (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1973)
- For and Against the Moon (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1974)
- Money and Rain (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1975)
- Free Time (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1977)
- Living on the Ground (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1980)
- Introducing Tom Wayman: Selected Poems 1973-80 (Princeton, N.J.: Ontario Review, 1980)
- The Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (Saskatoon: Thistledown, 1981)
- Counting the Hours (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1983)
- The Face of Jack Munro (Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour, 1986)
- In a Small House on the Outskirts of Heaven (Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour, 1989)
- Did I Miss Anything? Selected Poems 1973-1993 (Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour, 1993)
- The Astonishing Weight of the Dead (Vancouver: Polestar, 1994)
- I'll Be Right Back: New and Selected Poems 1980-1996 (Princeton, N.J.: Ontario Review, 1997)
- The Colours of the Forest (Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour, 1999)
- My Father's Cup (Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour, 2002)
- High Speed Through Shoaling Water (Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour, 2007)
- Students
Anthologies
- Beaton Abbot's Got The Contract: An Anthology of Working Poems (Edmonton: NeWest, 1974)
- A Government Job at Last: An Anthology of Working Poems (Vancouver: MacLeod, 1976)
- Going For Coffee: Poetry on the Job (Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour, 1981)
- East of Main: An Anthology of Poems from East Vancouver (Vancouver: Pulp, 1989) - edited with Calvin Wharton
- Paperwork: Contemporary Poems from the Job (Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour, 1991)
- The Dominion of Love: An Anthology of Canadian Love Poems (Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour, 2001)
- A Verse Map of Vancouver (Anvil Press, 2009)
Criticism
- Inside Job: Essays on the New Work Writing (Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour, 1983)
- A Country Not Considered: Canada, Culture, Work (Toronto: Anansi, 1993)