Helen Humphreys
Helen's most recent book of poetry Anthem was published in May 1999.Born in London, England in 1961, Helen lives in Kingston, Ontario. She currently is on the editorial staff of an academic journal. From 1991 to 1996 she taught poetry and creative writing at Toronto's George Brown College, and has also worked as a car wash and gas station attendant, factory worker, and alarm station monitor.
Anthem is Helen's fourth book of poetry. Her three previous books of poetry were all published by Brick Books ÷ and are still in print ÷ Gods and Other Mortals, 1986; Nuns Looking Anxious, Listening to Radios, 1990; and The Perils of Geography, 1995. Her poetry has been published extensively in magazines across Canada and in the United States. Her novel Leaving Earth (HarperCollins 1997) has been published in 7 countries and won the 1998 City of Toronto Book Prize. The novel is now also in paperback.
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